Cessna 172R
N178AF is a Cessna 172R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Southeast Aircraft Leasing LLC, an LLC in Jacksonville, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 21, 2020 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated June 24, 2003.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172R · all 172Rs and related versions
- Serial number
- 17281177
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2003
- Transponder code
- A136EB (octal 50233353)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 21, 2020
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- October 23, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · June 24, 2003
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00048299
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Southeast Aircraft Leasing LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 12220 Atlantic Blvd Ste 130
Jacksonville, FL 32225-5826
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N178AF, 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 Southeast Aircraft Leasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 21, 2020, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated June 24, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17281177 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N178AF 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]
2 NTSB records under N178AF: Accident on June 6, 2015 at Addison, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 27, 2008 at Morristown, NJ: 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: Cessna 172R · operated under 091
The student pilot's failure to maintain pitch control during the landing touchdown, resulting in a hard landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172R · operated under 091
The flight instructor's failure to execute a missed approach when insufficient runway remained for landing. Contributing to the accident were the low ceiling and visibility conditions.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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