N12508 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172M. The FAA cancelled the registration on October 30, 1973 when the aircraft was exported to Canada. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 172M cancelled October 30, 1973
- Serial number
- 17262029
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Canada
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Cessna Aircraft Company (Corporation)
Wichita, KS - Airworthiness
- None on file
Beazley Nicholas 8G cancelled April 6, 1948
- Serial number
- K49
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1932
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 4, 1945
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Brooks Edgar Ray (Individual)
Lexington, NC - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N12508
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32 · serial 47797
The failure of company maintenance personnel to perform a proper inspection of the combustion chamber outer case, thus allowing a detectable crack to grow to a length at which the case ruptured.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site