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A Cessna 150, the same model family as N16221
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026
N16221

Cessna 150L

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesWashington

N16221 is a Cessna 150L, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1972. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Aero Maintenance INC, a corporation in Vancouver, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 8, 1997 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated June 1, 1972.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
150L · all 150Ls and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna 150 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
15073553
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-200 SERIES · 100 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
1972
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
A0FBD4 (octal 50175724)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 8, 1997
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 1, 1972
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00801960

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Aero Maintenance INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
101 e Reserve St
Vancouver, WA 98661-3806

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N16221 links to the rest of the register

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The public federal record on N16221, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Aero Maintenance INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 8, 1997, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility, dated June 1, 1972, consistent with the 1972 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 15073553 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N16221 according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N16221: Accident on October 24, 1992 at Enterprise, OR: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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.

NTSB records 1

SEA93LA011Accident on October 24, 1992 at Enterprise, OR: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 150L · operated under 091

POOR IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/PREPARATION. A FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: IMPROPER USE OF THE MIXTURE.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data