# N5548X: 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: October 18, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5548X
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5548X

## Aircraft that carried N5548X

- [Cancelled 2013-10-18](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5548X-2013-10-18): Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD, S/N 1251. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [US International Services Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/US%20INTERNATIONAL%20SERVICES%20CORP), [Vero Beach, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Vero%20Beach)
- [Cancelled 1989-08-29](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5548X-1989-08-29): Ayres S-2R, S/N 2425R. N-number assigned, not yet registered

## NTSB investigations on N5548X (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 LAX89LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA202), May 23, 1989: Ayres S2R (N5548X), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CONTINUED FLIGHT FROM VMC TO IMC, WITH ICING CONDITIONS, FROM WHICH RECOVERY WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.

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