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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N2685

N2685 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Hing BOWERS FLY BABY 1A built in 1973. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 20, 2012. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".

Hing BOWERS FLY BABY 1A cancelled September 20, 2012

Serial number
2572
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
1973
Last status
Registration expired, pending cancellation
Certificate issued
May 1, 1990
Last FAA action
June 26, 1993
Last owner
Teichman Michael (Individual)
Scituate, MA
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built

NTSB accident and incident record under N2685

NYC00LA134Accident on May 13, 2000 at Keymar, MD: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hing FLY BABY 1A · serial 2572

An overload failure of both flying wires, on the underside of the right wing, while the airplane was climbing, due to improper balance between the two flying wires, by unknown person(s).

A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site