# N5WU: Beech C90, registration cancelled 1998-09-01

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 1, 1998
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Beech C90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (registry code 1152913)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A20](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: LJ635
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: April 10, 1996
- Last registry action: April 10, 1996
- Mode S code: A63745
- Owner when cancelled: [University Of West Virginia Board Of Trustees](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/UNIVERSITY%20OF%20WEST%20VIRGINIA%20BOARD%20OF%20TRUSTEES)
- Location: [Morgantown, WV](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WV/Morgantown)
- Owner type: Government
- Owner's area on the map: 39.6530° N, 79.9455° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 26505, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5WU
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5WU
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5WU-1998-09-01

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 Beech C90: https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90.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 IAD98FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98FA027), Feb 16, 1998: Beech C-90 (N5WU), Newton, WV, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot inadequate management of the fuel system which resulted in fuel starvation to both engines. Factors in the accident were the pilot's concern about maintenance being completed prior to…

## 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 19980216001219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980216001219A), Feb 16, 1998: Beech C90 (N5WU), Newton, WV, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Lost power both engines. Destoyed landing. Had known mech problems. Failed feather. Stalled. Fuel pumps inop. (-23) aircraft departed morgantown (mgw), WV on…

## Other aircraft with N5WU

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5WU): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40, S/N 40.400, built 2004

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