N9746B1981 Cessna 172RG
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Middletown, DE
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Nov 23, 1981
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
- 1981
- Serial number
- 172RG1009
- 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
- AD95AD
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- until nowIndividual ownerMiddletown, DE · current
- 1957Cessna Aircraft CoWichita, KS · different airframe: Cessna 180a S/N 50044
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 (3)
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 · piston ring · brokenMay 15, 2001
AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMING A LARGE QUANTITY OF OIL. UPON INSPECTION FOUND THE NR 3 CYLINDER OIL CONTROL RING LAND ELONGATED DUE TO A SMALL PIECE OF RING WHICH HAD BROKEN OFF AND BEGAN TO FLUTTER. PROBABLE CAUSE OF SHOCK COOLING.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Reciprocating engine · ring · wornMay 15, 2001
AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMING A LARGE QUANTITY OF OIL. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND THE NR 3 CYL OIL CONTROL RING LAND ELONGATED DUE TO A SMALL PIECE OF RING WHICH HAD PIECE OF RING WHICH HAD BROKEN OFF AND BEGAN TO FLUTTER. PROBABLE CAUSE: SHOCK COOLING.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · wire · brokenMay 23, 1995
UPON SELECTING GEAR DOWN, DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE WITH GEAR DOWN. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. UPON INSPECTION, A WIRE AT NOSE GEAR UP INDICATION SWITCH WAS FOUND BROKEN. REPAIRED WIRE. PERFORMED RETRACTION TEST. OPS CHECKED GOOD. RECOMMENDATION - TY-WRAP…
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