# N4253L: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: March 26, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4253L
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4253L

## Aircraft that carried N4253L

- [Cancelled 2013-03-26](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4253L-2013-03-26): Hughes TH-55, S/N 67-18357. Sale reported, canceled. Owner: [Lafayette, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/Lafayette)
- [Cancelled 1968-05-01](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4253L-1968-05-01): Cessna 172G, S/N 172-54322. Exported to Barbados. Owner: [Pinellas Aircraft Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PINELLAS%20AIRCRAFT%20INC), [St Petersburg, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/St%20Petersburg)

## NTSB investigations on N4253L (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI94LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA131), Apr 11, 1994: Cessna 172 (N4253L), Edina, MO, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot in commands' failure to obtain obstruction clearance from trees during a visual takeoff from a short, soft, wet field in instrument meteorological conditions. A factor was the pilot in…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N4253L (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19940411010619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940411010619A), Apr 11, 1994: Cessna 172 (N4253L), Edina, MO, Destroyed. Departed with inoperative compass. Became lost. Landed in open field. Tried to depart but struck trees on climbout.

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