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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N77TY

N77TY is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Smith Randolph C SONERAI-I built in 1982. The FAA cancelled the registration on November 26, 2014. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".

Smith Randolph C SONERAI-I cancelled November 26, 2014

Serial number
434
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
1982
Last status
Registration expired, pending cancellation
Certificate issued
December 20, 1995
Last FAA action
December 18, 2007
Last owner
Goodlett Richard L (Individual)
Louisville, KY
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built

NTSB accident and incident record under N77TY

NYC97LA125Accident on June 22, 1997 at W.Hampton Beach, NY: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Smith SONERAI-I · serial 434

failure of the number two pilot (N77TY) to follow race procedures, and failure of the number three pilot (N20CS) to turn and avoid the number two airplane, when it decelerated into the number three pilot's blind spot.

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