# N664AR: 1979 Beech E-55, registration cancelled 2020-05-29

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 29, 2020
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Beech E-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (registry code 1152732)
- Engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A16](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A16), [TCDS E5CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E5CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: TE-1163
- Year built: 1979
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: July 17, 1979
- Certificate issued: February 7, 2017
- Last registry action: February 7, 2017
- Mode S code: A8C325
- Owner when cancelled: [Industrial Power Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/INDUSTRIAL%20POWER%20INC)
- Location: [Fayetteville, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Fayetteville)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 34.9585° N, 78.8968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 28306, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N664AR
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=664AR
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N664AR-2020-05-29

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 Beech E-55: https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55.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 2020FA0000398](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2020FA0000398), Jun 27, 2019: SERVO. OVERTORQUED. FOLLOWING A FATAL ACCIDENT, TESTING OF THE CLUTCH TENSION OF THE PITCH SERVO REVEALED THE BREAKAWAY FORCE NEEDED WAS 45 LBS. THE SPECIFIED REQUIRED CLUTCH TENSI

## 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 ERA19FA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA201), Jun 27, 2019: Beech E55 (N664AR), Hope Mills, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to disengage an uncommanded nose-down pitch input. Contributing to the accident was improper maintenance of the pitch trim servo, which would have precluded a physical override of…

## 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 20190627005749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190627005749A), Jun 27, 2019: Beech E-55 (N664AR), Hope Mills, NC, Destroyed, 2 fatal. This accident may have been the result of excessive nose down elevator trim. Based on interviews with several pilots who had flown with the accident pilot…

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