N128851973 Cessna 172M
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19822 ADs may apply2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026- Registered owner
- Above & Beyond Aviation LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Sandy Hook, CT
- Certificate issued
- Sep 28, 2026
- Expires
- Sep 30, 2033
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Oct 13, 1973
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Cessna
- Model
- 172M
- Year
- 1973
- Serial number
- 17262342
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 4
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A074F8
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming 0-320 Series
- Type
- 4 Cycle
- Power
- 180 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2026 – nowAbove & Beyond Aviation LLCSandy Hook, CT · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 18, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (2)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-10-09 | Cessna Aircraft Company Models 150, 152, 170, 172, 175, 177, 180, 182, 185, 188, 190… | Jun 17, 2011 | Airframe (172M) |
| 2011-06-02 | Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Model 172 Airplanes Modified by Supplemental Type… | May 26, 2011 | Airframe (172M)Only with: Modified by STC SA01303WI (installation of TAE 125-01 or TAE 125-02-99 engine). |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Navigation · encoder · defectiveMay 20, 1995
THERE WAS ZERO BACKLASH IN THE ENCODER MODULE GEAR MESH. THE O/H MANUAL CALLS OUT ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-HALF TOOTH WIDTH BLACKLASH IN THIS MESH. WHEN THE BACKLA SH IS ZERO, A VERY SLIGHT CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE CAN CAUSE THE ENCODER TO HANG UP.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Navigation · casting · creepMay 20, 1995
TWO OF THE CRITICAL MECHANISM SHAFT END-SHAKES OUT OF THE O/H MANUAL SPECIFICTION. (SPEC. ON END-SHAKE .002 INCH TO .003 INCH). ONE SHAFT END-SHAKE MEASURED .0005 INCH AND THE OTHER MEASURED .001 INCH.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 18, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 18, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026