N8165W is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Beech D55 built in 1968. The FAA cancelled the registration on May 16, 2006. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 3 times.
Beech D55 cancelled May 16, 2006
- Serial number
- TE-610
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1968
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 25, 2005
- Last FAA action
- February 25, 2005
- Last owner
- Krier Joseph C (Individual)
Indianapolis, IN - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Piper PA-28-180 cancelled October 13, 1970
- Serial number
- 28-2282
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 11, 1966
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Tropic Aviation INC (Corporation)
Ft Lauderdale, FL - Airworthiness
- None on file
Piper PA-32R-301T cancelled date not given
- Serial number
- 32R8029064
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- N-number assigned but not yet registered
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N8165W
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech D55 · serial TE-610
The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed to preclude a stall, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and loss of control while circling to land. Factors associated with the accident were the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and weather evaluation, low clouds, a low fuel condition, and an inadvertent stall.
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