# N5443: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 3
- Last cancelled: June 6, 2011
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5443
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5443

## Aircraft that carried N5443

- [Cancelled 2011-06-06](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5443-2011-06-06): Piper PA-23-250, S/N 27-7405473. Assigned, pending cancellation
- [Cancelled 1972-12-12](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5443-1972-12-12): Reims CESSNA F337F, S/N 0047. Exported to Belgium. Owner: [Cessna Aircraft Co](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CESSNA%20AIRCRAFT%20CO), [Wichita, KS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KS/Wichita)
- [Cancelled 1931-01-26](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5443-1931-01-26): Fairchild KR-31, S/N 158, built 1928. Owner: [Coffin & Collins](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/COFFIN%20%26%20COLLINS), [Brooklyn, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Brooklyn)

## NTSB investigations on N5443 (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 FTW97LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA040), Nov 13, 1996: Piper PA-23-250 (N5443), Plainview, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's continued descent below the minimum descent altitude (MDA). Factors relating to the accident were: darkness, the adverse weather conditions.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N5443 (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 19961113035349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961113035349A), Nov 13, 1996: Piper PA23250 (N5443), Plainview, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot erroneously set altimeter causing aircraft to descent below minimum descent altitude, struck the ground. (-23) while in IMC and prior to attaining visual…

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