# N4557W: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: April 27, 1999
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4557W
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4557W

## Aircraft that carried N4557W

- [Cancelled 1999-04-27](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4557W-1999-04-27): Cameron Balloons US A-250, S/N 5911. Owner: [Thompson Thomas N](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/THOMPSON%20THOMAS%20N), [Albuquerque, NM](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NM/Albuquerque)

## NTSB investigations on N4557W (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 DEN99FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA004), Oct 5, 1998: Cameron A-250 (N4557W), Albuquerque, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot not planning his approach to a landing so as to fly over the transmission wires (on the approach edge of the landing field) in level flight or ascending flight, and the pilot not pulling…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N4557W (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 19981005028259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981005028259A), Oct 5, 1998: Camron A250 (N4557W), Albuquerque, NM, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Hot air balloon was landing when it struck two powerlines and crashed, the gondola sepatated from the balloon and fell 40 feet. Pilot and 11 pax suffered…

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