The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily · Carbon Free Flight by 2050
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N1235E

Cessna 172S

Sale reported Delaware

N1235E is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lewes, Delaware. The FAA lists the registration as "sale reported". It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated June 20, 2005. 1 document is on file: loan or lien (security agreement).

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172S · all 172Ss and related versions
Serial number
172S9847
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A061E3 (octal 50060743)

Registration

Status
Sale reported
Certificate issued
—
Expires
—
Last FAA action
June 20, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · June 20, 2005
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00186139

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sale Reported
Type
Individual
Address
16192 Coastal Hwy
Lewes, DE 19958-3608

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 1

2026-09-22Loan or lien (security agreement)

Earlier use of this number 1

1948-02-10Aeronca 7AC · Valid registration

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N1235E, 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.

ATTENTIONRegistration and identity

Registration status is "Sale reported". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S9847 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N1235E was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aeronca 7AC (serial 7AC-4793, cancelled February 10, 1948). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

ATTENTIONRecent registry documents

1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (September 22, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file. [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N1235E. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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