N4478F is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Piper PA-32R-300 built in 1976. The FAA cancelled the registration on November 19, 2012. The last status on file was "valid registration".
Piper PA-32R-300 cancelled November 19, 2012
- Serial number
- 32R-7680450
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1976
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 21, 2006
- Last FAA action
- January 14, 2012
- Last owner
- Space Coast Aviation Sales LLC (Corporation)
Wilmington, DE - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N4478F
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32R-300 · serial 32R-7680450
The air traffic controller’s failure to comply with the required vectoring and safety alert procedures, which resulted in the airplane’s flight into rising terrain. Contributing to the accident was the Federal Aviation Administration’s continued practice of using air traffic controllers who were performing required radar operational duties to supervise other controllers and the air traffic control facility’s culture of non-compliance with required procedures.
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