N6461V1980 Cessna 172RG
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Name not published by the FAA
- Certificate issued
- Jan 11, 2018
- Expires
- Jan 31, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Oct 7, 1980
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
- 172RG
- Year
- 1980
- Serial number
- 172RG0716
- 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
- A87E14
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming O&Vo-360 Ser
- Type
- Reciprocating
- 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- 2018 – nowName not published by the FAAcurrent
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 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 (4)
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 (172RG) |
| 2008-10-02 | Cessna Aircraft Company 172, 175, 180, 182, 185, 206, 207, 208, 210, and 303 Series… | May 12, 2008 | Airframe (172RG)Certain serial numbers: 172S 172S10672–172S10674; 172S 172S10676; 172S 172S10678–172S10680; 172S 172S10682; 172S 172S10683; 172S 172S10685; …. Only with: Applies only to airplanes that have a P/N 2013142-18 alternate static air source selector valve installed after November 19, 2007. |
| 2001-23-03 | Cessna Aircraft Company Models 172N, 172P, R172K, 172RG, F172N, F172P, FR172J, and… | Dec 27, 2001 | Airframe (172RG)Certain serial numbers: 172N 17267585–17270049; 172N 17270051–17274009; 172N 17261445; 172N 17261578; 172N 17270050; 172P 17274010–17276654; … |
| 2001-06-06 | Cessna Aircraft Company Model 172RG Airplanes | May 14, 2001 | Airframe (172RG)Certain serial numbers: 172RG 691; 172RG 172RG0001–172RG1191 |
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.
- Landing gear · sector gear · misinstalledMar 28, 1996
DURING C/W SEB 90-1 AND SUBSEQUENT REASSEMBLY OF MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR AND PIVOT ASSY, NOTICED THE SECTOR GEARS AND THE PIVOT ASSY SHAFT WERE NOT MARKED FOR PROPER ALIGNMENT PER CESSNA SERVICE MANUAL SECTION 5, PARAGRAPH 75, AND FIGURE 5-12. THE RT GEAR WAS MARKED AS INDICATED, BUT THE LT…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · wire · failedSep 13, 1995
LANDING GEAR FAILED TO COMPLETELY RETRACT WHEN SELECTED. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE BROKEN WIRE FOR SQUAT SWITCH WHICH WAS SHIELDED INSIDE VINYL TUBING WHICH HAD BECOME BRITTLE AND HARD CAUSING WIRE TO FLEX REPEATEDLY IN ONE SPOT.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026