N5697N is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K built in 1983. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 16, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K cancelled June 16, 2017
- Serial number
- 25-0777
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1983
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- July 21, 1995
- Last FAA action
- August 9, 2001
- Last owner
- Airmed INC (Corporation)
Wilmington, DE - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280C cancelled April 9, 1981
- Serial number
- 1213
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Switzerland
- Certificate issued
- April 9, 1981
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Enstrom Helicopter CORP (Corporation)
Menominee, MI - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N5697N
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mooney M20K · serial 25-0777
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Factors were the pilot's impairment (drugs), the deployed right speed brake, and the night conditions.
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