# N5171B: 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: August 29, 2024
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5171B
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5171B

## Aircraft that carried N5171B

- [Cancelled 2024-08-29](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5171B-2024-08-29): Cessna 152, S/N 15283787, built 1979. Exported to Philippines. Owner: [Crystal, MN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MN/Crystal)

## NTSB investigations on N5171B (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 WPR23LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA029), Nov 13, 2022: Cessna 152 (N5171B), San Jose, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilots unstabilized approach and improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard bounced landing.
- [NTSB NYC87LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA062), Jan 21, 1987: Cessna 152 (N5171B), Orange, MA, substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC84LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA150), Apr 28, 1984: Cessna 152 (N5171B), Laconia, NH, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N5171B (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 20221113019679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221113019679A), Nov 13, 2022: Cessna 152 (N5171B), San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. Student pilot took off on 11/13/22 at 1523L at Reid-Hillview airport (rhv) in San Jose, CA for his fourth ever solo flight to conduct pattern work. Upon first…
- [Accident 19870121002849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870121002849A), Jan 21, 1987: Cessna 152 (N5171B), Orange, MA, Substantial damage. The aircraft lost directional control on landing when it encountered an ice patch. Veered into snowbank. Student.
- [Accident 19840428014709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840428014709A), Apr 28, 1984: Cessna 152 (N5171B), Laconia, NH, Substantial damage. Bounced into the air on a hard landing then allowed aircraft to come down on its nose wheel and collapse same.

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