Cessna 172R
N2054S is a Cessna 172R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2004. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Lewis University, a corporation in Romeoville, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 12, 2013 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated January 27, 2004.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172R · all 172Rs and related versions
- Serial number
- 17281203
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2004
- Transponder code
- A1A78B (octal 50323613)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 12, 2013
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · January 27, 2004
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00090329
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lewis University
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 1 University Pkwy
Romeoville, IL 60446-2200
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N2054S, 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 Lewis University, a corporation, certificate issued September 12, 2013, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated January 27, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17281203 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2054S was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18 DROMADER (serial 1Z0011-14, cancelled January 4, 2001); Cessna 210L (serial 21061021, cancelled March 13, 1991). 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]
2 NTSB records under N2054S: Accident on July 11, 2000 at Burley, ID: minor injuries, destroyed. Accident on September 1, 1989 at No. Windham, VT: serious injuries, destroyed. 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: Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18 DROMADER · operated under 137
Improper airstrip operations by ground personnel, and the pilot's failure to visually detect a vehicle on the airstrip in time to avoid a collision. Factors included a vehicle on the airstrip, tailwind conditions, and high density altitude conditions.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA00LA131 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 210 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ASSURE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL WAS AVAILABLE.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC89LA209 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