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N1674E

Cessna 172S

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesSouth Dakota

N1674E is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2005. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Medary Aviation LLC, an LLC in Brookings, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 12, 2019 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 2, 2005.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172S · all 172Ss and related versions
Serial number
172S9915
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2005
Transponder code
A10E98 (octal 50207230)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
Certificate issued
July 12, 2019
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 2, 2005
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00193899

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Medary Aviation LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
Address
815 Medary Ave
Brookings, SD 57006-1303

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 2

2002-04-08Cessna 172N · Valid registration
1955-10-04Aeronca 7AC · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N1674E, 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 Medary Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 12, 2019, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated September 2, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S9915 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N1674E was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 172N (serial 17271091, cancelled April 8, 2002); Aeronca 7AC (serial 7AC-5240, cancelled October 4, 1955). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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

3 NTSB records under N1674E: Accident on May 4, 2023 at Brookings, SD: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 12, 2001 at Ashland, ME: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 27, 1996 at Cottage Grove, WI: 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 3

CEN23LA175Accident on May 4, 2023 at Brookings, SD: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172S · operated under 091

The student pilot’s failure to maintain pitch and directional control during the takeoff roll. Contributing to the accident, was the student pilot’s delay in relinquishing control of the airplane and the instructor's delayed reaction before the loss of directional control.

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

IAD01LA056Accident on May 12, 2001 at Ashland, ME: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 17271091

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172N · operated under 091

loss of partial engine power due to carburetor icing.

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

CHI96LA227Accident on June 27, 1996 at Cottage Grove, WI: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 17271091

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091

the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing. A factor was the delayed go-around.

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 October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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