N5281U is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Leone Giovanni T SMITH MINI PLANE. The FAA cancelled the registration on January 24, 2001. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office". The number has been on and off the register 3 times.
Leone Giovanni T SMITH MINI PLANE cancelled January 24, 2001
- Serial number
- 035
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- January 8, 1998
- Last FAA action
- January 16, 2001
- Last owner
- Martinson Robert R (Individual)
Suttons Bay, MI - Airworthiness
- None on file
Cessna 172RG cancelled March 14, 1989
- Serial number
- 172RG0321
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld
- Airworthiness
- None on file
Cessna U206 cancelled March 17, 1965
- Serial number
- U2060281
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Uruguay
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Cessna Aircraft CO (Corporation)
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N5281U
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Leone SMITH MINI PLANE · serial 035
the pilot's not maintaining airspeed, and his lack of total experience in this type of aircraft.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172RG · serial 172RG0321
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