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 data
Airframe
Manufacturer
Cessna
Model
172N
Year
1977
Serial number
17268032
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
AA3DF1
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
1998 – 2004Aerial Messages INCPort Orange, FL
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 18, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026
NTSB events (1)
Accident · substantial damage
Mar 6, 2002 · Bunnell, FL
Inadequate maintenance inspection of the airplane by comapny maintenance personnel which resulted in corrosion in an aileron control cable going undetected, failure of the aileron control cable, and impact with terrain following loss of control of the airplane.
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.
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.
Flight controls · control cable · brokenApr 26, 2002
LEFT AILERON DIRECT CONTROL CABLE SEPARATED IN FLIGHT RESULTING IN A FATAL ACCIDENT. THE CABLE P/N 0510105-224 WAS VERY BADLY RUSTED AT THE POINT OF FAILURE LOCATED ABOVE THE RIGHT DOORPOST WHERE THE CONTROL CABLE RIDES OVER A PULLEY. THE PULLEY IN THIS AREA WAS VERY STIFF DUE TO A BADLY CORRODED…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.