# N5AY: 1968 Cessna 421, registration cancelled 2017-04-13

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 13, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Cessna 421](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421) (registry code 2076010)
- Engine: [Continental GTSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (registry code 17046)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A7CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A7CE), [TCDS E7CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E7CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 421-0133
- Year built: 1968
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: January 12, 2000
- Certificate issued: May 8, 2001
- Last registry action: May 18, 2010
- Mode S code: A63555
- Owners when cancelled: [Robertson Donald R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROBERTSON%20DONALD%20R), [Moses Jeff](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MOSES%20JEFF)
- Location: [Anniston, AL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AL/Anniston)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 33.6475° N, 85.8841° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 36201, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5AY
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5AY
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5AY-2017-04-13

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 Cessna 421: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421.md

## Service difficulty reports (1)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 2000ZZZX378](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000ZZZX378), Dec 30, 1999: RUDDER OPENING. CONTAMINATED. A LARGE AND VERY WELL HIDDEN BIRD'S NEST WAS FOUND IN RUDDER OPENING. FORWARD MIDWAY WHERE RUDDER TRIM COMES IN. EVERYTHING HAD SCREENS, BUT THE BIRDS FOUND A P

## 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 ATL01FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01FA036), Feb 14, 2001: Cessna 421 (N5AY), Munford, AL, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot continued visual flight into instrument weather conditions that resulted in the inflight collision with a river bank. Factors were reduced visibility and dark night.

## 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 20010213001869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010213001869A), Feb 13, 2001: Cessna 421 (N5AY), Anniston, AL, Destroyed, 5 fatal. (-23) On February 13, 2001AT 1840 CST, Cessna N5AY, collided with the southeast bank of the choccolocco creek near munford, Alabama, while manuevering for a…

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