N78DK is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Rainbow Aircraft Pty Ltd COBRA built in 2005. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 4, 2013. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 3 times.
N78DK is reserved by a private party since August 14, 2023. Reservation type: Fee paid, expiration notice sent. An expiration notice was issued on June 14, 2026.
Rainbow Aircraft Pty Ltd COBRA cancelled June 4, 2013
- Serial number
- C-078
- Type
- Weight-shift control · Two-cycle piston
- Year built
- 2005
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 14, 2012
- Last FAA action
- December 14, 2012
- Last owner
- Sills Donald J (Individual)
Camden, SC - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Registered before Jan 31, 2008
Aero Commander 500-B cancelled November 7, 2003
- Serial number
- 1109-64
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Non-citizen corporation that has not returned its flight-hour reports
- Exported to
- Senegal
- Certificate issued
- May 15, 2000
- Last FAA action
- November 23, 2001
- Last owner
- Oceanic LTD (Non-citizen corporation)
Dover, DE - Airworthiness
- None on file
Cessna 310R cancelled August 23, 1982
- Serial number
- 310R0263
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 20, 1976
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Dixon Associates (Partnership)
Houston, TX - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N78DK
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rainbow Aircraft PTY LTD COBRA · serial C-078
The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during the approach to land.
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