# N5042X: 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: May 15, 2015
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5042X
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5042X

## Aircraft that carried N5042X

- [Cancelled 2015-05-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5042X-2015-05-15): Rockwell International S-2R, S/N 5072R, built 1975. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Tripp Ag Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/TRIPP%20AG%20INC), [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)

## NTSB investigations on N5042X (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 ATL86LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA230), Aug 27, 1986: Rockwell S-2R (N5042X), Shellman, GA, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N5042X (2)

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.

- [Incident 20020808022579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020808022579I), Aug 8, 2002: Ayres S2R (N5042X), Searcy, AR, Substantial damage. (-23) Second landing of the day on touchdown pilot states that tail wheel hit a bump where runway transitions from grass to asphalt. At that point tail wheel…
- [Accident 19860827042569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860827042569A), Aug 27, 1986: Ayres S2RR1340REST (N5042X), Shellman, GA, Substantial damage. Smoke from engine on takeoff. Engine failed and aircraft landed in a cornfield. Supercharger bearing had failed.

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