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A Cessna 172 Skyhawk, the same model family as N105AG
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N105AG

Cessna 172S

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesDelaware

N105AG is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2012. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Atp Aircraft 1 LLC, an LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 22, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated November 27, 2012.

Where is it now Last seen October 17 at 6:26 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172S · all 172Ss and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna 172 Skyhawk family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
172S11256
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2012
Transponder code
A0174E (octal 50013516)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 22, 2022
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
December 20, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 27, 2012
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01108968

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Atp Aircraft 1 LLC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
251 Little Falls Dr
Wilmington, DE 19808-1674
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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

2013-08-07Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm BO-105S · Sale reported, canceled

Connections how N105AG links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N105AG, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Atp Aircraft 1 LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 22, 2022, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated November 27, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S11256 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N105AG was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm BO-105S (serial S-597, cancelled August 7, 2013). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N105AG: Accident on October 26, 1995 at League City, TX: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

FTW96FA028Accident on October 26, 1995 at League City, TX: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 597

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mbb BO-105S · operated under 091

the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Factors were the pilot's lack of total experience in the MBB BO-105 helicopter and the dark night light conditions.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data