# N4253L: Hughes TH-55, registration cancelled 2013-03-26

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 26, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported, canceled
- Airframe: [Hughes TH-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-th-55) (registry code 4471002)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 4H12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4H12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 67-18357
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Last registry action: October 24, 1982
- Mode S code: A510FE
- Location: [Lafayette, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/Lafayette)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 40.4796° N, 86.9892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 47906, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4253L
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4253L
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4253L-2013-03-26

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 Hughes TH-55: https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-th-55.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 CHI94LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA131), Apr 11, 1994: Cessna 172 (N4253L), Edina, MO, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot in commands' failure to obtain obstruction clearance from trees during a visual takeoff from a short, soft, wet field in instrument meteorological conditions. A factor was the pilot in…

## Other aircraft with N4253L

- [Cancelled 1968-05-01](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4253L-1968-05-01): Cessna 172G, S/N 172-54322. Exported to Barbados. Owner: [Pinellas Aircraft Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PINELLAS%20AIRCRAFT%20INC), [St Petersburg, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/St%20Petersburg)

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