# N55857: 2000 Airborne WINDSPORT EDGE, registration cancelled 2017-07-07

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 7, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Airborne WINDSPORT EDGE](https://openairdocs.org/model/airborne-windsport-edge) (registry code 05903ZM)
- Engine: [Rotax 582SER](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (registry code 55556)
- Serial number: 582-560
- Year built: 2000
- Type of aircraft: Weight-shift-control
- Engine type: 2 cycle
- Airworthiness: Experimental, registered before 01/31/08
- Airworthiness date: January 7, 2008
- Certificate issued: September 10, 2007
- Last registry action: October 29, 2007
- Mode S code: A7204A
- Owner when cancelled: [Wenzel Jonathon](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WENZEL%20JONATHON)
- Location: [Brighton, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Brighton)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 39.9511° N, 104.6602° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 80603, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55857
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=55857
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55857-2017-07-07

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 Airborne WINDSPORT EDGE: https://openairdocs.org/model/airborne-windsport-edge.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 CEN10LA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA339), Jun 23, 2010: Airborne Windsport Edge (N55857), Ft. Lupton, CO, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot intentionally performed prohibited aerobatic maneuvers that damaged the carriage wing attachment hang point and collapsed the wing.

## 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 20100623036299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100623036299A), Jun 23, 2010: Airborne WINDSPORT E (N55857), Fort Lupton, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Eyewitness states aircraft performing aerobatic maneuvers, wing folded and spiraled to the ground. Preliminary inspection of aircaft found damage to the…

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