N56078 — 2001 Cosmos PHASE II

Aircraft record

Serial number

21132

Manufacturer

Cosmos

Model

PHASE II

Year

2001

Category

Weight-shift-control

Engine

Ama/expr Unknown Eng

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N56078 →

Accident & incident history

1. WPR10LA462Sep 20, 2010El Mirage, CAFatal · 1 fatal

   The pilot's improper preflight and starting procedures, which resulted in an inadvertent takeoff with the gust lock still installed.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the 2001 Cosmos PHASE II).

1. Jan 23, 2018deregistered — Burgess Scott

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N56078 was previously assigned to different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the 2001 Cosmos PHASE II above.

• until Nov 12, 1973Piper PA-28R-200 (s/n 28R-7335347)
• until Oct 24, 1955Fairchild M-62A (s/n T43-5375)

Frequently asked

Has N56078 been in an accident?

Yes. N56078 appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2010.

What kind of aircraft is N56078?

N56078 is a 2001 Cosmos PHASE II (weight-shift-control), serial number 21132.

Has N56078 been in a fatal accident?

An NTSB record for N56078 (WPR10LA462) is classified with a fatal highest injury level.