# N550C: 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: April 19, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=550C
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N550C

## Aircraft that carried N550C

- [Cancelled 2013-04-19](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N550C-2013-04-19): Consolidated Vultee BT-15, S/N 10798, built 1942. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Bayne Thomas E Jr](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BAYNE%20THOMAS%20E%20JR), [Waldorf, MD](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MD/Waldorf)
- [Cancelled 1952-10-21](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N550C-1952-10-21): Stinson 108-3, S/N 108-3550. Owner: [Consolidated Aerial Surveys Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CONSOLIDATED%20AERIAL%20SURVEYS%20INC), [Tucson, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Tucson)

## NTSB investigations on N550C (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 IAD98FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98FA086), Aug 2, 1998: Consolidated-Vultee BT-13A (N550C), Stevensville, MD, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain aircraft control while buzzing a building.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N550C (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 19980802037619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980802037619A), Aug 2, 1998: Cvac BT15 (N550C), Stevensville, MD, Destroyed, 2 fatal. A witness reported the pilot told an employee at a restaurant near the scene of the accident that he would make a low pass and dip his wings. Other witnesses…

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