N7780 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Fairchild KR-31. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 14, 2000. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office".
Fairchild KR-31 cancelled June 14, 2000
- Serial number
- 223
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- March 20, 1974
- Last FAA action
- February 16, 2000
- Last owner
- Watson William F (Individual)
Collinsville, OK - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N7780
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Fairchild KR-31 · serial 223
The failure of each pilot-in-command to maintain visual lookout. Factors were: the lack of each pilot-in-command obtaining/maintaining communication with the control tower, and inadequate lookout by each pilot-rated passenger, the inadequate procedures/directives by the biplane association management and the airport management, and inadequate supervision by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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