# N5004: Aero Vodochody L-29C

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Aero Vodochody L-29C](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l-29c) (registry code 056113D, 2 seats)
- Serial number: 395004
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Certificate issued: August 22, 2002
- Expires: March 31, 2028
- Mode S code: A63CD4
- Registered owner: [Derr Matthew R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DERR%20MATTHEW%20R)
- Location: [Frackville, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Frackville)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 40.7866° N, 76.2149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 17931, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5004
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5004

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Aero Vodochody L-29C)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N5004.

## NTSB investigations on N5004 not matched to an aircraft (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 NYC83FFJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FFJ03), Jul 22, 1983: Sopwith Triplane (N5004), Allegany, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N5004.

## Reports on N5004 not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N5004, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Accident 19830722037039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830722037039A), Jul 22, 1983: Amtr SOPWTHTRIPLN (N5004), Allegany, NY, Destroyed. Fuselage tank exploded after being airborne for 20 minutes. Airplane engulfed in flames glided to ground impact.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N5004

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N5004 before.

- [Cancelled 1939-12-26](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5004-1939-12-26): American Eagle A-1, S/N 140. Owner: [William Hawkins](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WILLIAM%20HAWKINS), [Newark, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Newark)
- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5004-undated): Clapp George W SOPWITH TRIPLANE, S/N 1001979. Triennial form not returned

## Related

- Other Aero Vodochody L-29C aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l-29c/aircraft.md

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