N61587 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cameron Balloons Us C-80 built in 1995. The FAA cancelled the registration on May 4, 2015. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 3 times.
Cameron Balloons Us C-80 cancelled May 4, 2015
- Serial number
- 6019
- Type
- Balloon · None
- Year built
- 1995
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- February 28, 2002
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2008
- Last owner
- Wilde Judith (Individual)
Arlington, VA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Balloon
Cessna 172M cancelled January 28, 1991
- Serial number
- 17264660
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- April 25, 1983
- Last FAA action
- January 4, 1991
- Last owner
- Air Spacers INC (Corporation)
Los Angeles, CA - Airworthiness
- None on file
Cessna T-50 cancelled February 15, 1956
- Serial number
- 6321
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 9, 1950
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Clearfield Aviation Institute INC (Corporation)
Punxsutawney, PA - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N61587
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172M · serial 17264660
CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS WHICH RESULTED IN AN IN-FLIGHT COLLSION WITH TERRAIN. RELATED FACTORS WERE: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO USE A PREFLIGHT BRIEFING SERVICE, HIS DECISION TO INITIATE FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER, THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE PILOT'S VISUAL PERCEPTION AT DUSK, AND THE RISING/MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
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