Cessna 172S
N197ME is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2000. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Premier Air Of Delaware INC, a corporation in Flemington, New Jersey. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 12, 2001 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 15, 2000.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172S · all 172Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 172S8472
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2000
- Transponder code
- A18344 (octal 50301504)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 12, 2001
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · May 15, 2000
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00105670
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Premier Air Of Delaware INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 6 Heirloom Rd
Flemington, NJ 08822-7122
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No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N197ME, 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 Premier Air Of Delaware INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 12, 2001, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated May 15, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S8472 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N197ME 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 N197ME: Accident on August 4, 2019 at Ocean City, MD: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 19, 2003 at Flemington, 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 172 · operated under 091
The student pilot's improper landing flare with a tailwind, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172SP · operated under 091
The manufacturer's improper assembly of the accessory drive section of the engine.
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 September 30, 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