# Siai-Marchetti SF-260C

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 8121212
- Manufacturer (registry): SIAI-MARCHETTI
- Model: SF-260C
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 3
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 2
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/siai-marchetti-sf-260c

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## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

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## Registered aircraft (2)

- [N260DX](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N260DX): [Roquemore William A III](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROQUEMORE%20WILLIAM%20A%20III), [Hull, GA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/GA/Hull), built 1987, S/N 40-019
- [N26AU](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26AU): [Maximum Entropy Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MAXIMUM%20ENTROPY%20INC), [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington), built 1979, S/N 282 (37-002)

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR09FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA102), Jan 29, 2009: Siai-Marchetti SF-260C (N688C), Santa Monica, CA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to select the proper fuel tank for takeoff, which resulted in a loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20090128001369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090128001369A), Jan 28, 2009: Mrchti SF260C (N688C), Santa Monica, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. N688C, a sai marchetti 260-C certificated as an experimental exhibition aircraft operating under FAR part 91, crashed on departure from runway 21 at the Santa…

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