N5217N is not currently registered. It was last assigned to an Aerostar International Inc RXS-8 built in 1999. The FAA cancelled the registration on February 17, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 3 times.
Aerostar International Inc RXS-8 cancelled February 17, 2017
- Serial number
- RXS8-3093
- Type
- Balloon · None
- Year built
- 1999
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- March 22, 2000
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 2009
- Last owner
- Orange Blossom Balloons INC (Corporation)
Windermere, FL - Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon
Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E cancelled June 26, 1996
- Serial number
- 0134E
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Exported to
- Australia
- Certificate issued
- December 16, 1986
- Last FAA action
- March 16, 1995
- Last owner
- Rogers Helicopters INC (Corporation)
Reno, NV - Airworthiness
- None on file
Cessna 182Q cancelled June 5, 1980
- Serial number
- 18267578
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Australia
- Certificate issued
- April 9, 1980
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Transair INC (Corporation)
Oakland, CA - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N5217N
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 369E · serial 0134E
FAILURE BY COMPANY MAINTENANCE TO PERFORM A MANDATORY COMPRESSOR SECTION INSPECTION THAT RESULTED IN THE UNDETECTED EROSION OF THE COMPRESSOR VANES AND ENGINE FAILURE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE MAIN ROTOR RPM AT CRITICAL ALTITUDE.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site