N5543
Beech T-34B
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on September 11, 1930.
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 3, 1985Accident
THE PLT WAS FERRYING THE ACFT TO BANDON TO HAVE THE LANDING GEAR REPAIRED. THE FLT WAS MADE WITH THE GEAR SECURED IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE ACFT HAD LOCKING FUEL CAPS & THE PLT DID NOT VISUALLY CHECK THE FUEL LEVEL BEFORE TAKING OFF; INSTEAD, HE RELIED OF THE FUEL GAGES.
- November 12, 1984Accident
THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING FLT, HE PROCEEDED TO FLY ALONG A RIVER. AFTER A TIME, HE REVERSED COURSE & BEGAN FLYING ALONG THE RIVER IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. HE SAID THAT THE FLT BACK WAS AT A LOWER ALT & THAT THE PROPELLER CONTACTED SOMETHING IN THE WATER. A SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF THRUST OCCURRED.