# N52TH: 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 8, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=52TH
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52TH

## Aircraft that carried N52TH

- [Cancelled 2018-05-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52TH-2018-05-08): Hastings Thomas G CIRRUS VK-30, S/N 143, built 1999. Owner: [Hastings Thomas G](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HASTINGS%20THOMAS%20G), [Winnetka, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Winnetka)

## NTSB investigations on N52TH (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 WPR18FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA088), Feb 11, 2018: Hastings Thomas G Cirrus VK 30 (N52TH), Agua Dulce, CA, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The driveshaft fracture due to overstress loading and rotational bending as a result of the under-torqued nuts on the elastomeric couplings backing off and the subsequent in-flight separation of the…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N52TH (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 20180211002369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180211002369A), Feb 11, 2018: Hastings Thomas G CIRRUS VK-30 (N52TH), Aqua Dulce, CA, Destroyed, 4 fatal. On 02/11/2018 10:55 LCL time N52TH, a home built experimental VK30 aircraft, was enroute from las vegas, NV to van nuys, CA when the accident occured. There…

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