Cessna 172M
N1897V is a Cessna 172M, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1974. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Barxbar Aviation LLC, an LLC in Mesa, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 6, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 22, 1974.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172M · all 172Ms and related versions
- Serial number
- 17263785
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1974
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A1657C (octal 50262574)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 6, 2024
- Expires
- March 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- March 6, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · August 22, 1974
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00072820
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Barxbar Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 1121 S Home Rd
Mesa, AZ 85204
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N1897V, 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 Barxbar Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 6, 2024, expires March 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated August 22, 1974, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17263785 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1897V was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 140 (serial 14087, cancelled June 14, 1949). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
3 NTSB records under N1897V: Accident on April 23, 2019 at Prescott, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 13, 2001 at Chandler, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 8, 2000 at Chandler, AZ: 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
The student pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a fence post during taxi operations.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA19CA220 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172M · operated under 091
Failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control during landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX02LA026 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
failure of the pilot-in-command to adequately compensate for a crosswind condition and maintain directional control during the landing roll, resulting in the airplane departing the runway and colliding with a sign.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX00LA256 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
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