N8078M
Boeing 747SR-100
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on April 18, 1991.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- June 6, 1986Accident
WHILE FLYING A PIPELING PATROL FLT 1,000 FEET AGL IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, THE PLT ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT WINDSHEAR WHICH RESULTED IN AN UNCONTROLLABLE 2,000 FPM ACFT DESCENT FROM WHICH THE PLT WAS NOT ABLE TO RECOVER. THE ACFT IMPACTED IN ROUGH TERRAIN AND WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE PLT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES IN THE CRASH.