[jriemer]

The FAA records state that the plane's last three-year registration was filed in 1999, and that the agency received no response in 2002 after mailing new registration forms to Hameed. !!!

[Grampa Dave]

Scary find by you:

"The FAA records state that the plane's last three-year registration was filed in 1999, and that the agency received no response in 2002 after mailing new registration forms to Hameed. !!!"

[piasa]

Seems he had a cessna up for sale in the year 2004, judging from the URL: [note his name is reversed from the press versions here and the serial and registration numbers, etc, are left off]:

google cached URL link

1979 Cessna T210
Manufacturer
Short Description : 1979 Cessna T210
Price $165,000.00
TTAF 1400
State Texas
Country UNITED STATES
Registration Number ----
Serial Number ----

  Aircraft Details
1979 Cessna T210

Price: $165,000 . . . Total Time: 1400 Hours

50 SMOH, 400 ARC Radio, Trimble GPS, 400 ARC A/Pilot.

Contact: Hameed Afzal
Tel: 210-872-7199

  Hameed Afzal , TX.  Phone: 210-872-7199 satalphata@aol.com

[piasa]

Wonder how many aircraft this guy owns and if anything fishy ever happened to any of them?