# N5217B: 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 31, 2017
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5217B
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5217B

## Aircraft that carried N5217B

- [Cancelled 2017-05-31](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5217B-2017-05-31): Mooney M20, S/N 1080, built 1956. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Scarbel Christopher M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SCARBEL%20CHRISTOPHER%20M), [Sharpsburg, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Sharpsburg)

## NTSB investigations on N5217B (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 MIA02LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA027), Nov 22, 2001: Mooney M-20-20 (N5217B), Hilton Head, SC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control, an uncontrolled descent, and an impact with the water.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N5217B (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 20011123030999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011123030999A), Nov 23, 2001: Mooney M20 (N5217B), Savannah, GA, No damage, 2 fatal. (-23) Aircraft disappeared from radar approximately 17 miles off the coast of Georgia in the vicinity of Savannah. Pieces of the aircraft were found by USCG.…

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