# N5157L: 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: April 1, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5157L
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5157L

## Aircraft that carried N5157L

- [Cancelled 2013-04-01](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5157L-2013-04-01): Piper PA-28-180, S/N 28-4442, built 1967. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Troxell Carl R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/TROXELL%20CARL%20R), [Rancho Cucamonga, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Rancho%20Cucamonga)

## NTSB investigations on N5157L (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 LAX89FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA078), Jan 5, 1989: Piper PA-28-180 (N5157L), San Bernardino, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DECISION TO CONTINUE VFR FLIGHT AFTER ENCOUNTERING INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TRANSIT THROUGH A MOUNTAIN PASS. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WAS: THE PILOT'S…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N5157L (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 19890105000229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890105000229A), Jan 5, 1989: Piper PA28180 (N5157L), San Bernardino, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Flew into side of a cloud-obscured ridge trying to follow a highway through a mountain pass.

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