# N5049A: 1955 Cessna 172, registration cancelled 2007-10-16

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 16, 2007
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402)
- Engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12), [TCDS E-253](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-253) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 28049
- Year built: 1955
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard
- Airworthiness date: November 18, 1955
- Certificate issued: May 3, 2005
- Last registry action: May 3, 2005
- Mode S code: A64C60
- Owner when cancelled: [Smoke William A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SMOKE%20WILLIAM%20A)
- Location: [Chugiak, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Chugiak)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 61.2993° N, 149.0212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 99567, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5049A
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5049A
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5049A-2007-10-16

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 Cessna 172: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172.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 ANC06FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06FA048), Apr 23, 2006: Cessna 172 (N5049A), Chugiak, AK, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The inadequate visual lookout by the pilots of both airplanes during cruise flight, which resulted in their failure to see-and-avoid each other, and a subsequent midair collision.

## 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 20060423007092A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060423007092A), Apr 23, 2006: Cessna 172 (N5049A), Wasilla, AK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On the morning of 04/23/2006 (time unknown) a Cessna 172 piloted by [privacy data omitted] departed from the birchwood Alaska airport for a…

## Other aircraft with N5049A

- [Cancelled 2014-12-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5049A-2014-12-08): Beechcraft B300, S/N FL-949, built 2014. Exported to Venezuela. Owner: [Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WELLS%20FARGO%20BANK%20NORTHWEST%20NA%20TRUSTEE), [Salt Lake City, UT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/UT/Salt%20Lake%20City)

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