N78680
N78680 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Piper PA-11 built in 1947. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 14, 1956 when the aircraft was exported to Mexico. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Piper PA-11 cancelled June 14, 1956
- Serial number
- 11-1441
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1947
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Mexico
- Certificate issued
- March 30, 1956
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Bates Aviation INC (Corporation)
Hawthorne, CA - Airworthiness
- None on file
Cessna 172K cancelled date not given
- Serial number
- 17257717
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N78680
DEN84FA293Accident on September 17, 1984 at Aspen, CO: serious injuries, substantial damage.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172K · serial 172-57717
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