N5589E is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172N built in 1978. The FAA cancelled the registration on August 26, 2015. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 172N cancelled August 26, 2015
- Serial number
- 17271894
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1978
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 20, 1989
- Last FAA action
- January 10, 2014
- Last owner
- American Aviation INC (Corporation)
Salt Lake City, UT - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
Cessna 150 cancelled October 22, 1959
- Serial number
- 17089
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Chile
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Cessna Aircraft CO (Corporation)
Wichita, KS - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N5589E
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172N · serial 17271894
The pilot’s improper landing flare in gusting wind conditions, his inadequate recovery from the subsequent bounced landing, and his decision to perform a go-around with insufficient airspeed to climb.
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