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N20537

Textron Aviation Inc 172S

Valid Delaware

N20537 is a Textron Aviation Inc 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2020. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Atpce LLC, an LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 9, 2020 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 26, 2020.

Aircraft

Maker
Textron Aviation Inc
Model
172S · all 172Ss and related versions
Serial number
172S12526
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2020
Transponder code
A1A777 (octal 50323567)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 9, 2020
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · August 26, 2020
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01311888

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Atpce LLC
Type
LLC
Address
251 Little Falls Dr
Wilmington, DE 19808-1674

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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

1973-09-13Cessna 172M · exported to United Kingdom · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N20537, 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 Atpce LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 9, 2020, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated August 26, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S12526 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N20537 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172M (serial 17261374, cancelled September 13, 1973). 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 N20537: Accident on January 11, 1986 at West Memphis, AR: 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

MKC86FPG01Accident on January 11, 1986 at West Memphis, AR: serious injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: CE-831

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech F33A · operated under 091

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MKC86FPG01 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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