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N118PC

Cessna 172N

Valid Florida

N118PC is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1976. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hernando, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 27, 2023 and expires on July 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated January 27, 1977.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N · all 172Ns and related versions
Serial number
17268427
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1976
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A04B33 (octal 50045463)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 27, 2023
Expires
July 31, 2030
Last FAA action
April 2, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · January 27, 1977
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00981827

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Carenbauer Paul J
Type
Individual
Address
863 E La Salle St
Hernando, FL 34442-2654

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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

2013-06-12Cherry Paul J HP-16 · Registration expired, pending cancellation

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N118PC, 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 Carenbauer Paul J, an individual, certificate issued July 27, 2023, expires July 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated January 27, 1977, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17268427 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N118PC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cherry Paul J HP-16 (serial 11, cancelled June 12, 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 N118PC: Accident on July 27, 1986 at Llano, CA: fatal, destroyed (1 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

LAX86FA307Accident on July 27, 1986 at Llano, CA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 11

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cherry HP16 · operated under 091

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data