N738AY1977 Cessna 172N
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19823 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Fairburn, GA
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal, Utility
- Airworthiness date
- Nov 3, 1977
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
- 172N
- Year
- 1977
- Serial number
- 17269836
- 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
- A9E8DA
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming 0-320 Series
- 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- until nowIndividual ownerFairburn, GA · 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 (3)
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 (172N) |
| 2011-06-02 | Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Model 172 Airplanes Modified by Supplemental Type… | May 26, 2011 | Airframe (172N)Only with: Modified by STC SA01303WI (installation of TAE 125-01 or TAE 125-02-99 engine). |
| 2001-23-03 | Cessna Aircraft Company Models 172N, 172P, R172K, 172RG, F172N, F172P, FR172J, and… | Dec 27, 2001 | Airframe (172N)Certain serial numbers: 172N 17267585–17270049; 172N 17270051–17274009; 172N 17261445; 172N 17261578; 172N 17270050; 172P 17274010–17276654; … |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
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.
- Reciprocating engine · lifter · spalledJan 13, 2011
ACFT WAS IN FOR INSP AND THE MECHANIC CUT THE OIL FILTER OPEN TO CHECK FOR METAL, THERE WAS METAL IN THE OIL FILTER. THE ENGINE WAS SENT TO US FOR A METAL CONTAMINATION INSP, UPON OUR FINDINGS THERE WERE SEVERAL LIFTER BODIES THAT WERE BADLY SPALLED.
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