N41702 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Vickers Supermarine SPITFIRE MARK XVIII built in 1945. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 9, 2016. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 3 times.
Vickers Supermarine SPITFIRE MARK XVIII cancelled September 9, 2016
- Serial number
- 6S.676390
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1945
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- July 2, 1991
- Last FAA action
- January 5, 2005
- Last owner
- Military Aircraft Restoration CORP (Corporation)
Anaheim, CA - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition
Piper PA-28-151 cancelled June 16, 1989
- Serial number
- 287415315
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- N-number assigned but not yet registered
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld
- Airworthiness
- None on file
Culver LFA cancelled date not given
- Serial number
- 420
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld (Corporation)
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N41702
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Vickers SPITFIRE MARK XVIII · serial 65676390
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL WHILE IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC). FACTORS INCLUDE THE PILOT'S POOR INFLIGHT DECISION TO ATTEMPT AN IMC CLIMB IN AN AIRCRAFT NOT CERTIFIED FOR INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) OPERATION, AND HIS OVERCONFIDENCE IN THE AIRCRAFT'S IMC CAPABILITIES. OTHER FACTORS INCLUDE LOW CLOUDS ALONG THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT.
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