# N52TH: 1999 Hastings Thomas G CIRRUS VK-30, registration cancelled 2018-05-08

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 8, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Hastings Thomas G CIRRUS VK-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/hastings-thomas-g-cirrus-vk-30) (registry code 05606GW)
- Engine: [Continental IO-550 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (registry code 17042)
- Data sheets: [TCDS E3SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E3SO) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 143
- Year built: 1999
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: July 21, 1999
- Certificate issued: January 21, 1999
- Last registry action: November 13, 2015
- Mode S code: A68846
- Owners when cancelled: [Hastings Thomas G](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HASTINGS%20THOMAS%20G), [Hastings Joyce E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HASTINGS%20JOYCE%20E)
- Location: [Winnetka, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Winnetka)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 34.2095° N, 118.5776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 91306, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52TH
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=52TH
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52TH-2018-05-08

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 Hastings Thomas G CIRRUS VK-30: https://openairdocs.org/model/hastings-thomas-g-cirrus-vk-30.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 WPR18FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA088), Feb 11, 2018: Hastings Thomas G Cirrus VK 30 (N52TH), Agua Dulce, CA, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The driveshaft fracture due to overstress loading and rotational bending as a result of the under-torqued nuts on the elastomeric couplings backing off and the subsequent in-flight separation of the…

## 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 20180211002369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180211002369A), Feb 11, 2018: Hastings Thomas G CIRRUS VK-30 (N52TH), Aqua Dulce, CA, Destroyed, 4 fatal. On 02/11/2018 10:55 LCL time N52TH, a home built experimental VK30 aircraft, was enroute from las vegas, NV to van nuys, CA when the accident occured. There…

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