# N5616L: 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: March 24, 1997
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5616L
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5616L

## Aircraft that carried N5616L

- [Cancelled 1997-03-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5616L-1997-03-24): American AA-1, S/N AA10018. Owner: [Mulkey Leon M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MULKEY%20LEON%20M), [Alamogordo, NM](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NM/Alamogordo)

## NTSB investigations on N5616L (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 LAX96LA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA305), Aug 12, 1996: American AA-1 (N5616L), Rosamond, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and his delayed decision to reverse the airplane's direction.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N5616L (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 19960812022539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960812022539A), Aug 12, 1996: Gulstm AA1 (N5616L), Rosamond, CA, Destroyed. Struck a tree on mountainside circling to climb to negoiate a pass. Density altitude a factor. Circling too low.

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