Cessna 172C
N1609Y is a Cessna 172C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1962. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Schenectady, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 29, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 28, 1962.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172C · all 172Cs and related versions
- Serial number
- 17249309
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1962
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A0F558 (octal 50172530)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 29, 2024
- Expires
- January 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- January 29, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · April 28, 1962
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00731930
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mapes Steven J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 397 Consaul Rd
Schenectady, NY 12304-2521
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No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N1609Y, 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 Mapes Steven J, an individual, certificate issued January 29, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated April 28, 1962, consistent with the 1962 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17249309 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1609Y according to the deregistered file. [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]
1 NTSB record under N1609Y: Accident on February 20, 2025 at Argyle, NY: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172C · operated under 091
The mechanic’s incorrect installation of the oil temperature gauge probe in the oil filter adapter and failure to test run the engine for oil leaks after the installation, which resulted in a total loss of oil and the pilot’s decision to perform a precautionary landing. Contributing was the pilot’s long/fast landing, which resulted in a runway overrun.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA25LA123 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data