Textron Aviation Inc 172S
N142CF is a Textron Aviation Inc 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2020. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Arq Aviation LLC, an LLC in Wilmington, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 27, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated February 3, 2020.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Textron Aviation Inc
- Model
- 172S · all 172Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 172S12437
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2020
- Transponder code
- A0AA56 (octal 50125126)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 27, 2023
- Expires
- June 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- June 17, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · February 3, 2020
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 01309349
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Arq Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 6711 Netherlands Dr Ste 120
Wilmington, NC 28405-3797
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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 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N142CF, 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 Arq Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 27, 2023, expires June 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated February 3, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S12437 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N142CF was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Bell 222U (serial 47565, cancelled June 27, 2017); Agusta Spa A109E (serial 11141, cancelled July 28, 2007). 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]
2 NTSB records under N142CF: Accident on January 19, 2006 at Fort Worth, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 8, 2002 at Fort Worth, TX: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Agusta A109E · operated under 091
The pilot's inadvertent encounter with ground resonance which resulted in the destruction of the helicopter.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DFW06LA057 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Agusta A109E · operated under 091
The pilot's attempted running takeoff with the power controls in the improper position.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW03LA038 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