N5533N is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 182R built in 1980. The FAA cancelled the registration on July 19, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 182R cancelled July 19, 2013
- Serial number
- 18267775
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1980
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- April 8, 1991
- Last FAA action
- November 23, 1994
- Last owner
- Case Arthur W (Individual)
Riverhead, NY - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Cessna UC-78 cancelled November 23, 1951
- Serial number
- 3474
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 23, 1948
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Bunker Dawson H (Individual)
Lena, IL - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N5533N
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182R · serial 18267775
INADVERTENT VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, SELF-INDUCED PRESSURE ON THE PILOT TO MAKE THE FLIGHT, AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF INSTRUMENT EXPEREINCE.
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