# N556PU: 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: April 3, 2021
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=556PU
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N556PU

## Aircraft that carried N556PU

- [Cancelled 2021-04-03](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N556PU-2021-04-03): Piper PA-28-161, S/N 2842093, built 2000. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Flightsafety International Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FLIGHTSAFETY%20INTERNATIONAL%20INC), [Vero Beach, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Vero%20Beach)

## NTSB investigations on N556PU (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 ERA19FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA116), Mar 5, 2019: Piper PA28 (N556PU), Fellsmere, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of control due to spatial disorientation following an encounter with instrument meteorological conditions shortly after takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the failure…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N556PU (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 20190305000919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190305000919A), Mar 5, 2019: Piper PA-28-161 (N556PU), Fellsmere, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On March 5, 2019 at approximately 0703 EDT, a Piper PA-28-161, N556PU (SFY211), serial # 2842093 crashed into trees and terrain approximately 1 1/2 miles south…
- [Incident 19870128013399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870128013399I), Jan 28, 1987: Swrngn SA227AT (N556PU), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. Wingtip struck a blast fence while being marshalled to parking.

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