# N5LN: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, registration cancelled 2000-05-01

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 1, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Mitsubishi MU-2B-60](https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-60) (registry code 5780460)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A10SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A10SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 799 S.A.
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: October 27, 1997
- Last registry action: January 23, 1998
- Mode S code: A63645
- Owner when cancelled: [L W Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/L%20W%20AVIATION%20INC)
- Location: [Wichita, KS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KS/Wichita)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 37.7072° N, 97.3178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 67214, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5LN
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5LN
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5LN-2000-05-01

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 Mitsubishi MU-2B-60: https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-60.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 CHI99FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA023), Nov 5, 1998: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (N5LN), Rock, KS, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot failed to maintain control of the aircraft and made an improper evaluation of the weather. Additional factors were flying a test flight at night with the icing conditions in the clouds.

## 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 19981104031889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981104031889A), Nov 4, 1998: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N5LN), Douglas, KS, Destroyed, 4 fatal. (.19)On November 4, 1998, at 2058 central standard time, a mitsubishi MU-2B-60, operated by l.w. aviation was destroyed when it impacted the ground near rock,…

## Other aircraft with N5LN

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5LN): Fairchild SA227-DC, S/N DC878B, built 1995

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