Updated September 25, 1999

Cirrus No. 54, N8514

Currently Owned by: N/A                                       

STATUS: Destroyed (Some parts used in No. 5, q.v.)

LOCATION: N/A

The original sale was on January 24, 1969 to Motorless Flight Enterprises of Glastonbury, CT. (Motorless Flight Enterprises was a partnership between William M. Foley and the Moosup Company, and imported several Cirruses.)

It was subsequently sold for $9,280 on April 2, 1969 to Sam Francis of Marion, MA. There was apparently an administrative foul up because the certificate was revoked on October 2, 1974 for "Failure to submit Aircraft Registration Eligibility, Identification, and Activity Report to the FAA by April 1, 1974". It was reinstated in May of 1975

On April 20, 1976, Francis sold it to John and Virginia Cross of Downer’s Grove, IL. They kept it a bit over a year, and sold it to Robert W. Siegfriet, II of Corning, NY on December 10, 1977. This owner apparently had a significant accident in the spring of 1978; a form 337 dated April 3, 1978 documents repairs to lower fin, left side at junction of fuselage skin and fin rib.

Thomas M. Farr of Highland Village, TX bought it on January 18, 1981. He kept it only a year, selling it on January 30, 1982 to Siegfried Rupp and Hector Ed Iglesias of Houston, TX.

They sold it to Harry D. Brown and Charles L. Ridgeway of Houston, TX on June 16, 1984. In October of the same year, Ridgeway sold his share to Brown and on December 12, 1984 it was registered in Brown’s name.

Brown sold it on March 1, 1986 to its last owner, Leslie L. Stoner, 8214 Wood Downe, Houston, TX 77040, telephone (713) 466-5021. Apparently Stoner was involved in a serious accident (but not injured) on July 27, 1991 according to NTSB Summary report FTW91LA132, which noted: "During a circling descent for a final approach to a field in an area of no thermals, the pilot attempted to avoid a fence and struck a six foot oak tree resulting in impact with the ground."

The ship was deregistered on December 18, 1991 as "destroyed".

From an independent source, it was reported that some parts of this ship were incorporated into No. 5 (q.v.), owned by Cliff Oliver.