N6978X1960 Cessna 172B
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled May 10, 2013.
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19821 AD may apply2 service difficulty reports
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Last registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Calhoun, GA
- Canceled
- May 10, 2013
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- Airworthiness date
- Oct 31, 1960
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
- 172B
- Year
- 1960
- Serial number
- 17247878
- 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
- A9483D
Engine
- Make and model
- Cont Motor 0-300 Ser
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 145 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- until 2013Individual ownerCalhoun, GA
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 19, 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 (1)
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 (172B) |
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.
- Wings · spar · corrodedApr 29, 1997
DURING HIDDEN DAMAGE INSPECTION OF WINGS AFTER HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE, FORWARD LEFT WING SPAR, EXTRUDED STIFFENER WAS FOUND TO HAVE SEVERAL SPOTS OF INTERGRANULAR CORROSION. SUBMITTER STATED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON CESSNAS THAT DID NOT HAVE ANY WING PARTS PRIMERED PREVIOUSLY AT THE FACTORY.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · angle cap · corrodedApr 29, 1997
DURING HIDDEN DAMAGE INSPECTION OF WINGS AFTER HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE, THE FORWARD LT WING SPAR CAP WAS FOUND TO HAVE EXTENSIVE INTERGRANULAR CORROSION. SUBMITTER STATED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON CESSNAS THAT DID NOT HAVE WING PARTS PRIMED AT THE FACTORY.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 19, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 19, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026