# N505K: 1972 Cessna 500, registration cancelled 2008-06-17

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 17, 2008
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Cessna 500](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500) (registry code 2076602)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A22CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A22CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 500-0004
- Year built: 1972
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Airworthiness: Provisional
- Airworthiness date: October 30, 1971
- Certificate issued: May 10, 2002
- Last registry action: April 15, 2008
- Mode S code: A64D64
- Owner when cancelled: [Hcea P A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HCEA%20P%20A)
- Location: [Houston, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Houston)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 29.7051° N, 95.4017° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 77030, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N505K
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=505K
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N505K-2008-06-17

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 Cessna 500: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500.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 DFW06FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06FA019), Nov 5, 2005: Cessna 500 (N505K), Houston, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane resulting in an inadvertent stall/mush. Contributing factors were the unsecured passenger door and the pilot's diverted attention.

## 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 20051105034089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051105034089A), Nov 5, 2005: Cessna 500CESSNA (N505K), Houston, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On November 5, 2005, at 0958 (CST), a Cessna 500 twin-engine turbo jet, N505K, was destroyed upon impact with terrain following a loss of control on…

## Other aircraft with N505K

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N505K): Kuharske Jeffrey H DRIFTER XP, S/N S 115, built 2015
- [Cancelled 1930-10-03](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N505K-1930-10-03): Lockheed VEGA 1, S/N 83, built 1929. Owner: [Lockheed Aircraft Company](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LOCKHEED%20AIRCRAFT%20COMPANY), [Burbank, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Burbank)

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