# N20XA: 2009 X-Air XA85, registration cancelled 2021-07-31

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 31, 2021
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [X-Air XA85](https://openairdocs.org/model/x-air-xa85) (registry code 060005V)
- Engine: [Jabiru 2200](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-2200) (registry code 34800)
- Serial number: XA850006
- Year built: 2009
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Airworthiness: Light sport, airplane
- Airworthiness date: March 18, 2009
- Certificate issued: April 6, 2018
- Last registry action: April 6, 2018
- Mode S code: A191B8
- Owner when cancelled: [May Jeff N](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MAY%20JEFF%20N)
- Location: [Burlington, KY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KY/Burlington)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 39.0068° N, 84.7601° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 41005, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20XA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=20XA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20XA-2021-07-31

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the X-Air XA85: https://openairdocs.org/model/x-air-xa85.md

## NTSB investigations (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 CEN18FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA060), Dec 23, 2017: X-Air XA85 (N20XA), Oskaloosa, IA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's low altitude flight into a power line due to his impairment from an acute physiologic event during the flight. Contributing to the pilot's impairment was his use of two sedating…

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 20171223023759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171223023759A), Dec 23, 2017: X-Air LLC XA85 (N20XA), Oskaloosa, IA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Eyewitnesses reported seeing the aircraft flying low. Crash scene evidence indicated the aircraft struck a powerline and was forced to land. The aircraft came…

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