# N56EA: 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: November 29, 2019
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=56EA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56EA

## Aircraft that carried N56EA

- [Cancelled 2019-11-29](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56EA-2019-11-29): Edward Shultz VANS RV-7, S/N 73820, built 2014. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Shultz Edward](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SHULTZ%20EDWARD), [Mount Sinai, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Mount%20Sinai)

## NTSB investigations on N56EA (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 SEA90LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA037), Jan 31, 1990: Swearingen SA226TC (N56EA), Coeur D'Alene, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF THE FLIGHT CREW'S VISUAL PERCEPTION, DUE TO AN UNFORESEEN WHITEOUT CONDITION. A RELATED FACTOR WAS THE SNOWBANK.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N56EA (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 19900130001479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900130001479A), Jan 30, 1990: Swrngn SA226TC (N56EA), Coeur D Alene, ID, Substantial damage. Lost sight of runway on flare due to snow on runway and blowing snow. Veered into snowbank. No request plow runway.

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