N20459 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172M built in 1973. The FAA cancelled the registration on February 4, 2023. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
N20459 is reserved by a private party since February 4, 2023. Reservation type: Two-year hold for canceled N-numbers.
Cessna 172M cancelled February 4, 2023
- Serial number
- 17261305
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 1973
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- October 5, 2016
- Last FAA action
- May 13, 2019
- Last owner
- Little Bird Airways LLC (LLC)
Hamburg, NY - Airworthiness
- Restricted · Aerial advertising
Welch OW5M cancelled June 8, 1948
- Serial number
- 154
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 29, 1941
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Holly James I (Individual)
Union City, TN - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N20459
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172M · serial 17261305
The student pilot’s excessive pitch during takeoff resulted in a loss of control and impact with terrain. Contributing was the student’s failure to relinquish the controls when ordered by the instructor.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site