# N5809A: 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: December 2, 2014
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5809A
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5809A

## Aircraft that carried N5809A

- [Cancelled 2014-12-02](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5809A-2014-12-02): Mooney M20K, S/N 25-0873, built 1985. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Ellis Jerry L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ELLIS%20JERRY%20L), [Overland Park, KS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KS/Overland%20Park)
- [Cancelled 1970-10-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5809A-1970-10-08): Cessna 172, S/N 28409. Owner: [Executive Aircraft Co](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/EXECUTIVE%20AIRCRAFT%20CO), [Kansas City, MO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MO/Kansas%20City)

## NTSB investigations on N5809A (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 CHI91LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA071), Jan 15, 1991: Mooney M20K (N5809A), Fayette, MO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. FACTORS WERE THE PILOT'S OVERCONFIDENCE IN HIS PERSONAL ABILITY, AND FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N5809A (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 19910115000609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910115000609A), Jan 15, 1991: Mooney M20K (N5809A), Fayette, MO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Continued night flight VFR in IFR IMC with rain. Snow and icing. Impacted in farm field. Near vertical descent.

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