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N170JS

Cessna 150C

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNew York

N170JS is a Cessna 150C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1962. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Docjosh LTD LLC, an LLC in Essex, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 22, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated October 13, 1962.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
150C · all 150Cs 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
15059706
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
Seats
2
Year built
1962
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
A11A06 (octal 50215006)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 22, 2023
Expires
February 28, 2030
Last FAA action
September 18, 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 · October 13, 1962
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00252860

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Docjosh LTD LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
607 Middle Rd
Essex, NY 12936-2533

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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 1

2021-02-27Cessna 170A · Valid registration

Connections how N170JS links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Essex, NY 3 aircraft registered in this town
  • New York 6,660 aircraft registered
Airworthiness
Live

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N170JS, 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 Docjosh LTD LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 22, 2023, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate, dated October 13, 1962, consistent with the 1962 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 15059706 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N170JS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 170A (serial 19546, cancelled February 27, 2021). 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

1 NTSB record under N170JS: Accident on September 3, 2020 at Morrisville, VT: serious 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

ERA20CA307Accident on September 3, 2020 at Morrisville, VT: serious injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 19546

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 170 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and subsequent exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and collision with terrain.

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 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 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 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data