# N5217B: 1956 Mooney M20, registration cancelled 2017-05-31

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 31, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Mooney M20](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20) (registry code 5870202)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 2A3](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 1080
- Year built: 1956
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: July 21, 2000
- Last registry action: July 30, 2004
- Mode S code: A68FF4
- Owner when cancelled: [Scarbel Christopher M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SCARBEL%20CHRISTOPHER%20M)
- Location: [Sharpsburg, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Sharpsburg)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 35.8661° N, 77.8305° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 27878, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5217B
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5217B
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5217B-2017-05-31

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 Mooney M20: https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20.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 MIA02LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA027), Nov 22, 2001: Mooney M-20-20 (N5217B), Hilton Head, SC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control, an uncontrolled descent, and an impact with the water.

## 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 20011123030999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011123030999A), Nov 23, 2001: Mooney M20 (N5217B), Savannah, GA, No damage, 2 fatal. (-23) Aircraft disappeared from radar approximately 17 miles off the coast of Georgia in the vicinity of Savannah. Pieces of the aircraft were found by USCG.…

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