N5871D is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Piper PA-22-150. The FAA cancelled the registration on October 8, 1958. The last status on file was "valid registration".
Piper PA-22-150 cancelled October 8, 1958
- Serial number
- 224550
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 22, 1957
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Garland Raymond W (Individual)
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N5871D
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Eurocopter AS-355F1 · serial 5038
the pilot's in-flight loss of control and failure to maintain a proper descent rate due to spatial disorientation and lack of visual cues during a dark, night approach to a unimproved landing zone, and his failure to initiate a go-around when he first lost visual reference with the ground. Factor's in the accident are the dark night lighting conditions and lack of suitable reference lights at the landing zone.
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