# N5278U: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: February 22, 2010
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5278U
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5278U

## Aircraft that carried N5278U

- [Cancelled 2010-02-22](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5278U-2010-02-22): Cessna 172S, S/N 172S11013, built 2009. Exported to Lithuania. Owner: [Globe Aero LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GLOBE%20AERO%20LLC), [Lakeland, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Lakeland)
- [Cancelled 2003-06-16](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5278U-2003-06-16): Larson Robert C KITFOX III, S/N 796, built 1994. Owner: [Beary Thomas P](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BEARY%20THOMAS%20P), [Little Rock, AR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AR/Little%20Rock)

## NTSB investigations on N5278U (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 FTW03LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA039), Nov 13, 2002: Larson Kitfox III (N5278U), Little Rock, AR, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during an intentional taxi resulting in the inadvertent lift-off of the airplane and subsequent inadvertent stall. Contributing factors were the…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N5278U (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 20021112034329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021112034329A), Nov 12, 2002: Amtr KITFOXIII (N5278U), Littlerock, AR, Destroyed. (-23) On November 13, 2002, at 1610 CST, a larson Kitfox iii, experimental homebuilt airplane, N5278U, was destroyed upon impact with the ground following a…

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