# N5005S: 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: March 19, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5005S
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5005S

## Aircraft that carried N5005S

- [Cancelled 2013-03-19](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5005S-2013-03-19): Piper PA-28R-200, S/N 28R-35729, built 1970. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Delta Plus Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DELTA%20PLUS%20INC), [Jackson, TN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TN/Jackson)

## NTSB investigations on N5005S (2)

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 MIA90FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA014), Oct 18, 1989: Piper PA-28R-200 (N5005S), Athens, TN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE IN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT CONDITIONS DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT DESCENDING SPIRAL. LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN THE TYPE OF OPERATION…
- [NTSB ATL81DID06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DID06), Dec 12, 1980: Piper PA-28R (N5005S), Gloucester, VA, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N5005S (3)

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 19891018041419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891018041419A), Oct 18, 1989: Piper PA28R200 (N5005S), Athens, TN, Destroyed, 2 fatal. First actual instrument flight after certification. Lost control spatial disorientation entered spiral and crashed.
- [Accident 19801212075969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801212075969A), Dec 12, 1980: Piper PA28R200 (N5005S), Gloucester, VA, Substantial damage. Flight instructor allowed student to make hard landing. Collapsed nose gear. Pushed right gear strut through wing.
- [Incident 19780625035859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780625035859I), Jun 25, 1978: Piper PA28/ (N5005S), Norfolk, VA, Minor damage. Pilot parking on a sod area at a strange airport taxied into a sewer manhole with a rotted wooden cover.

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