N5488R
N5488R is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172M. The FAA cancelled the registration on April 7, 1980 when the aircraft was exported to Canada. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 3 times.
Cessna 172M cancelled April 7, 1980
- Serial number
- 17263548
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Canada
- Certificate issued
- October 19, 1976
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Gaenslen George R (Individual)
Houston, TX - Airworthiness
- None on file
Cessna 172F cancelled June 22, 1965
- Serial number
- 17253054
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Canada
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Cessna Aircraft CO (Corporation)
Wichita, KS - Airworthiness
- None on file
Dehavilland CARIBOU DHC-4A cancelled date not given
- Serial number
- 216
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- N-number assigned but not yet registered
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N5488R
NYC85LA013Accident on October 23, 1984 at Sable Island Ns: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-4 · serial 216
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