N5280A
Leach Von DRAGONFLY
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on January 26, 1989.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- May 22, 1986Accident
PLT RECEIVED WX BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED BY FSS. PLT RADIOED THAT HE WAS IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY, IFR CONDITIONS AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN AROUND. WITNESSES STATED THAT THEY OBSERVED ACFT DESCENDING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED OF A 45 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. WX AT ACCIDENT SITE WAS LOW CLOUDS AND HEAVY RAIN.