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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N5551Y

N5551Y is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Piper PA-23-250 built in 1964. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 24, 2012. The last status on file was "sale reported, pending cancellation".

Piper PA-23-250 cancelled September 24, 2012

Serial number
27-2652
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
1964
Last status
Sale reported, pending cancellation
Certificate issued
—
Last FAA action
September 27, 1993
Last owner
Sale Reported (Individual)
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal

NTSB accident and incident record under N5551Y

FTW83FA415Accident on September 3, 1983 at Huffman, TX: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-23-250 · serial 27-2652

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