# N5052Z: 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 21, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5052Z
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5052Z

## Aircraft that carried N5052Z

- [Cancelled 2013-03-21](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5052Z-2013-03-21): Piper PA-22-108, S/N 22-8676, built 1961. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Vanderheide Richard J](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/VANDERHEIDE%20RICHARD%20J), [Malibu, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Malibu)

## NTSB investigations on N5052Z (3)

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 LAX91FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA022), Oct 29, 1990: Piper PA-22-108 (N5052Z), Oceanside, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT INITIATING AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT WITHOUT OPERATING AIR/GROUND COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE TERRAIN CLEARANCE AFTER APPARENTLY DECIDING TO RETURN TO THE…
- [NTSB OAK73DVA37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVA37), Jan 25, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N5052Z), Visalia, CA, substantial damage
- [NTSB DEN65D0098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN65D0098), May 23, 1965: Piper PA-22 (N5052Z), Montrose, CO, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N5052Z (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.

- [Accident 19901028048499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901028048499A), Oct 28, 1990: Piper PA22108 (N5052Z), Oceanside, CA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Departed with inop nav and com equipment IFR in night IMC. Collided with hill turning back to airport.
- [Accident 19730125000969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730125000969A), Jan 25, 1973: Piper PA22 (N5052Z), Visalia, CA, Substantial damage

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