# N5421Z: 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: April 9, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5421Z
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5421Z

## Aircraft that carried N5421Z

- [Cancelled 2013-04-09](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5421Z-2013-04-09): Piper PA-22-108, S/N 22-9194, built 1961. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Colorado Air Motive](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/COLORADO%20AIR%20MOTIVE), [Frederick, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Frederick)

## NTSB investigations on N5421Z (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 CHI91LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA138), Apr 23, 1991: Piper PA-22-108 (N5421Z), Millard, NE, destroyed. Probable cause: IMPROPER USE OF APU BY UNKNOWN PERSONNEL WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRPLANE'S ELECTRICAL WIRING MELTING AND SUBSEQUENT SHORT.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N5421Z (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 19910423012099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910423012099A), Apr 23, 1991: Piper PA22108 (N5421Z), Omaha, NE, Destroyed. Fire erupted under passengers seat made emergency landing safely. Passenger seat had collapsed. Shorted battery box

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