# N5470U: 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: August 28, 2021
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5470U
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5470U

## Aircraft that carried N5470U

- [Cancelled 2021-08-28](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5470U-2021-08-28): Beech V35A, S/N D-8599, built 1967. Expired dealer. Owner: [Leadlay Aircraft LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LEADLAY%20AIRCRAFT%20LLC), [Merritt Island, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Merritt%20Island)

## NTSB investigations on N5470U (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 ERA21LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA068), Dec 12, 2020: Beech V35A (N5470U), Attalla, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of control inflight and the failure of a component of the up elevator flight control system due to fatigue, which rendered recovery from a right descending turn improbable.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N5470U (2)

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 20201212019879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201212019879A), Dec 12, 2020: Beech V35A (N5470U), Attala, AL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft N5470U while in cruise at approx. 9,000 ft. aircraft rapidly descended and impacted the ground in attalla, AL 35954.
- [Incident 20010521009429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010521009429I), May 21, 2001: Beech V35A (N5470U), Knoxville, TN, Minor damage. (-23)Pleasure flight from spruce creek, FL (7FL6) to gatinburg, TN (gkt). Ground observer informed the pilot the right landing gear was not down. Diverted to…

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