# N5161E: 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: October 31, 1998
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5161E
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5161E

## Aircraft that carried N5161E

- [Cancelled 1998-10-31](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5161E-1998-10-31): Hughes 269A, S/N 560559. Owner: [Clark Ron A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CLARK%20RON%20A), [Boise, ID](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ID/Boise)

## NTSB investigations on N5161E (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 SEA98LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA063), Apr 10, 1998: Hughes 269A (N5161E), Emmett, ID, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The instructor pilot's failure to maintain the proper rate of descent on landing. Factors were a sudden wind shift, the instructor pilot's lack of recent experience, and terrain drop-off.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N5161E (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 19980410006479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980410006479A), Apr 10, 1998: Hughes 269A (N5161E), Emmett, ID, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Demo pinnicle landing. Student advised low rs. CFI lowered collective. Hit ground hard. Tumbled down hill. (.4)the instructor and the student pilot departed on…

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