# N5943: Yakovlev YAK-11, registration cancelled 2023-03-02

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 2, 2023
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Yakovlev YAK-11](https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-yak-11) (registry code 9830101)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (registry code 52026)
- Serial number: 407
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, racing
- Airworthiness date: December 5, 1990
- Certificate issued: January 27, 2001
- Last registry action: January 15, 2022
- Mode S code: A7AF04
- Owner when cancelled: [Moore John C](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MOORE%20JOHN%20C)
- Location: [San Miguel, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/San%20Miguel)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 35.9416° N, 120.5750° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 93451, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5943
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5943
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5943-2023-03-02

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 Yakovlev YAK-11: https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-yak-11.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 WPR22FA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA331), Sep 2, 2022: Yakovlev YAK-11 (N5943), Shafter, CA, 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 impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the loss of engine oil…

## 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 20220902015659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220902015659A), Sep 2, 2022: Yakovlev YAK-11 (N5943), Shafter, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On September 2, 2022, at 10:50 PDT, [privacy data omitted], a YAK-11 single engine aircraft departed from runway 30 at the Shafter-minter field airport (kmit).…

## Other aircraft with N5943

- [Cancelled 1971-08-10](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5943-1971-08-10): Dornier DO-27 Q1, S/N 109. Exported to Israel. Owner: [Metropolitan Airmotive Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/METROPOLITAN%20AIRMOTIVE%20INC), [Linden, NJ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NJ/Linden)

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