# N45EL: 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: January 24, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=45EL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45EL

## Aircraft that carried N45EL

- [Cancelled 2018-01-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45EL-2018-01-24): Long Eugene C LANCAIR ES, S/N 051996-ECL, built 2004. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Long Eugene C](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LONG%20EUGENE%20C), [Lafayette, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Lafayette)

## NTSB investigations on N45EL (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 LAX08LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA253), Aug 1, 2008: Long Lancair ES (N45EL), Cliffdell, WA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while in cruise flight due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was turbulence and clouds.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N45EL (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 20080801841989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080801841989A), Aug 1, 2008: Amtr LANCAIRES (N45EL), Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) At approximately 9, 700' mls ARTCC loses radar and radio contact with aircraft on IFR flight plan. Aircraft wreckage is subsequently found in timbered…

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