N262Y — 1981 Cessna 550

Aircraft record

Serial number

550-0291

Manufacturer

Cessna

Model

550

Year

1981

Category

Fixed wing multi-engine

Engine

P&w Canada Jt15d-4

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N262Y →

Accident & incident history

1. ERA11FA001Oct 1, 2010Manteo, NCMinor

   The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain proper airspeed and his failure to initiate a go-around, which resulted in the airplane touching down too fast on a short, wet runway and a subsequent runway overrun. Contributing to the accident was the copilot's failure to adequately monitor the approach and call for a go around and the flight crew's lack of proper crew resource management.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the 1981 Cessna 550).

1. May 22, 2017deregistered — Colnan Inc

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N262Y was previously assigned to different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the 1981 Cessna 550 above.

• until Mar 25, 1971Waterman W 11 (s/n 1)
• until Apr 6, 1948Waterman Arrowplane Corp W-5A (s/n 2)

Frequently asked

Has N262Y been in an accident?

Yes. N262Y appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2010.

What kind of aircraft is N262Y?

N262Y is a 1981 Cessna 550 (fixed wing multi-engine), serial number 550-0291.