# N55455: 1973 Piper PA-32-260, registration cancelled 2023-01-19

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 19, 2023
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported, canceled
- Airframe: [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (registry code 7103206)
- Engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A3SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3SO), [TCDS E-295](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-295) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 32-7300038
- Year built: 1973
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: April 11, 1973
- Last registry action: November 10, 2021
- Mode S code: A7116C
- Location: [Dallas, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Dallas)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 32.9302° N, 96.7927° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 75240, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55455
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=55455
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55455-2023-01-19

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 Piper PA-32-260: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260.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 ERA20FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20FA085), Jan 25, 2020: Piper PA32 (N55455), Lake City, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent loss of control at low altitude.

## 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 20200125001849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200125001849A), Jan 25, 2020: Piper PA-32-260 (N55455), Lake City, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On January 25, 2020 at approximately 9:30AM, a Piper PA-32-260 (N55455), serial number 32-7300038 crashed and burned into a front yard at [privacy data…

## Other aircraft with N55455

- [Cancelled 1949-06-03](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55455-1949-06-03): Boeing A75N1, S/N 75-1627, built 1941. Owner: [Howe Albert J](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HOWE%20ALBERT%20J), [Miami, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami)

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