# N40233: 2000 Avia Stroitel AC-5M, registration cancelled 2024-01-23

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 23, 2024
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Avia Stroitel AC-5M](https://openairdocs.org/model/avia-stroitel-ac-5m) (registry code 05610QZ)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Serial number: 004
- Year built: 2000
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: January 17, 2005
- Certificate issued: May 18, 2023
- Last registry action: May 18, 2023
- Mode S code: A4B6EC
- Owner when cancelled: [Martens John T](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MARTENS%20JOHN%20T)
- Location: [Centralia, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Centralia)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 46.7427° N, 122.9016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 98531, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40233
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=40233
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40233-2024-01-23

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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 Avia Stroitel AC-5M: https://openairdocs.org/model/avia-stroitel-ac-5m.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 WPR23LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA255), Jul 5, 2023: Avia Stroitel AC-5M (N40233), North Plains, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the motor glider, which resulted in an inflight overstress separation of the right wing during a high-speed, high-wing-load spiral dive recovery.…

## 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 20230705007949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230705007949A), Jul 5, 2023: Avia Stroitel AC-5M (N40233), Cornelius, OR, Destroyed. Following a normal takeoff from north plains glider port (1OR4) under tow from a tow aircraft, the pilot released from the tow aircraft at 3100' AGL and made a…

## Other aircraft with N40233

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40233): Spirit Engineering SE-1, S/N 015, built 2025
- [Cancelled 1991-10-31](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40233-1991-10-31): Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, S/N 1489. Exported to Switzerland. Owner: [Robinson Helicopter Company](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROBINSON%20HELICOPTER%20COMPANY), [Torrance, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Torrance)
- [Cancelled 1973-06-25](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40233-1973-06-25): Piper PA-23-250, S/N 27-7305033. Owner: [Sundorph Aeronautical Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SUNDORPH%20AERONAUTICAL%20CORP), [Cleveland, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Cleveland)

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