N47717 — 1977 Piper PA-28-161

Aircraft record

Serial number

28-7816126

Manufacturer

Piper

Model

PA-28-161

Year

1977

Category

Fixed wing single-engine

Engine

Lycoming 0-320 Series

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N47717 →

Accident & incident history

1. WPR13CA219May 7, 2013Cottonwood, AZSerious

   The student pilot's decision to attempt a night landing on an unlit runway, which resulted in a misaligned approach and subsequent collision with a fence. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's improper set-up of the airplane radios, which resulted in his inability to activate the airport runway lights, and his mistaken identification of building lights for runway lights.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the 1977 Piper PA-28-161).

1. May 13, 2015deregistered — Sale Reported

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N47717 was previously assigned to a different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the 1977 Piper PA-28-161 above.

• until Jan 14, 19491944 Piper TG-8 (s/n G-98)

Frequently asked

Has N47717 been in an accident?

Yes. N47717 appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2013.

What kind of aircraft is N47717?

N47717 is a 1977 Piper PA-28-161 (fixed wing single-engine), serial number 28-7816126.