N53505 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Piper PA-44-180 built in 2002. The FAA cancelled the registration on May 24, 2004. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Piper PA-44-180 cancelled May 24, 2004
- Serial number
- 4496126
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 2002
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 17, 2002
- Last FAA action
- June 17, 2002
- Last owner
- Piper Project II LLC (Corporation)
Sumner, WA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Taylorcraft DCO-65 cancelled November 29, 1955
- Serial number
- 04326
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 28, 1949
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Stille K E C/O Mau Lewis (Individual)
Ventura, IA - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N53505
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-44-180 · serial 44-96126
Both the pilot-in-command and the co-pilot allowing the aircraft to enter into an area of adverse weather (icing conditions at low [-20 degrees C] temperatures) resulting in sequential induction icing, induction filter blockage, carburetor icing and the subsequent partial loss of power in both engines followed by tree impact and collision with terrain during an emergency descent/approach. Contributing factors were icing conditions, low temperatures, night conditions and trees.
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