FAA officials have acted to ensure that John and Martha King have no more problems with the N-number of their leased Cessna 172. The N-number has been removed from the list of stolen aircraft, according to a story at AOPA.org. The story also notes that the Kings — who were held at gunpoint at the Santa Barbara Airport — have received apologies from the police.
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So what? It was never an FAA problem, it was a DEA / EPIC database problem. How can the FAA be sure that DEA / EPIC has scrubbed their database(s)?
It is unfortunate that this event occurred in the first place. How embarrassing, treating such industry icons so poorly.