# N58261: 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: February 14, 1956
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=58261
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N58261

## Aircraft that carried N58261

- [Cancelled 1956-02-14](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58261-1956-02-14): Fairchild M-62C, S/N 4503. Owner: [Winch Claude E Edward C Meiele](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WINCH%20CLAUDE%20E%20EDWARD%20C%20MEIELE), [Orange, NJ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NJ/Orange)

## NTSB investigations on N58261 (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 FTW89DRA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89DRA01), Dec 12, 1988: Hughes 369D (N58261), Kountze, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: FALSE INDICATIONS OF THE FUEL QUANTITY SYSTEM, WHICH LED THE PILOT TO BELIEVE HA HAD MORE FUEL THAN HE DID.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N58261 (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 19881212054029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881212054029A), Dec 12, 1988: Hughes 369D (N58261), Kountze, TX, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel spraying trees. Sling load caught in trees causing crash. Low fuel float wire bent on installation.

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