N12959 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172M built in 1973. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 27, 2004. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office".
Cessna 172M cancelled September 27, 2004
- Serial number
- 17262404
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 1973
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- August 14, 2001
- Last FAA action
- August 17, 2004
- Last owner
- Kt Aviation INC (Corporation)
Glenburn, ME - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N12959
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172M · serial 172262404
The pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the airplane's controlled flight into rising terrain. Factors included the instrument meteorological conditions and the rising terrain.
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