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A Cessna 172 Skyhawk, the same model family as N212BS
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N212BS

Cessna 172S

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N212BS is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1999. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Euros Aircraft Leasing LLC, an LLC in College Station, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 21, 2017 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 13, 1999.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172S · all 172Ss and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna 172 Skyhawk family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
172S8243
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
1999
Transponder code
A1C11A (octal 50340432)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 21, 2017
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 10, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 13, 1999
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00945822

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Euros Aircraft Leasing LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
2008 Spring Crk
College Station, TX 77845-4605

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N212BS links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • College Station, TX 126 aircraft registered in this town
  • Easterwood Field · CLL
  • Texas 29,960 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N212BS, 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 Euros Aircraft Leasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 21, 2017, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated September 13, 1999, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S8243 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N212BS according to the deregistered file. [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 N212BS: Accident on September 2, 2019 at La Grange, TX: no 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

CEN19LA302Accident on September 2, 2019 at La Grange, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091

The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data