Cessna 172S
N1089D is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2006. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Heavy Metal Air LLC, an LLC in Farmingdale, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 12, 2016 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 9, 2006.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172S · all 172Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 172S10269
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2006
- Transponder code
- A02603 (octal 50023003)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 12, 2016
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · August 9, 2006
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00270419
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Heavy Metal Air LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 7150 Republic Airport Ste 101
Farmingdale, NY 11735-3999
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N1089D, 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.
Valid registration to Heavy Metal Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 12, 2016, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated August 9, 2006, consistent with the 2006 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S10269 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1089D was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D (serial 510966D, cancelled January 13, 2003); Cessna 195A (serial 7701, cancelled June 19, 1959). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
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]
3 NTSB records under N1089D: Accident on May 2, 2021 at Martinsville, VA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 9, 1988 at Kitoi Bay, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 14, 1986 at Winlock, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172S · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper pitch control during a go-around in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a tail strike and a runway excursion.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA21LA202 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 369D · operated under 135
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC88LA086 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 369D · operated under 133
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA87LA025 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data