Cessna 172S
N2138W is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Christiansen Aviation LLC, an LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 4, 2022 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 10, 2003.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172S · all 172Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 172S9561
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2003
- Transponder code
- A1C82C (octal 50344054)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 4, 2022
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · December 10, 2003
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00082759
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Christiansen Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- Mailboxes Etc #1710
2207 Concord Pike
Wilmington, DE 19803
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N2138W, 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 Christiansen Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 4, 2022, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated December 10, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S9561 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2138W was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mooney M20J (serial 24-3403, cancelled May 5, 1999). 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 N2138W: Accident on November 9, 2017 at Trenton, NJ: no injuries, substantial damage. Incident on June 6, 2006 at Lawrence, MA: no injuries, minor 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 pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172S · operated under 091
Foreign object damage to the leading edge of the propeller blade, which resulted in fatigue cracking and subsequent blade failure.
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 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