# N55399: 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 22, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=55399
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55399

## Aircraft that carried N55399

- [Cancelled 2013-04-22](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55399-2013-04-22): Piper PA-28R-200, S/N 28R-7335228, built 1973. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Miller Walter](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MILLER%20WALTER), [Needham, MA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MA/Needham)
- [Cancelled 1951-10-23](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55399-1951-10-23): Consolidated Vultee BT-13B, S/N 79-1594, built 1944. Owner: [Camp B D](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CAMP%20B%20D), [Los Banos, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Los%20Banos)

## NTSB investigations on N55399 (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 NYC90FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA030), Nov 16, 1989: Piper PA-28R-200 (N55399), New Castle, NY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE ILS DURING THE ILS APPROACH AND FAILED TO PERFORM THE MISSED APPROACH.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N55399 (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 19891115045709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891115045709A), Nov 15, 1989: Piper PA28R200 (N55399), White Plains, NY, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Struck trees on ILS approach at night near zero IMC. Descended below dh. S turns across localizer. Low IFR skill.

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