Cessna 172S
N21662 is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2004. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Leander, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 31, 2017 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated June 1, 2004.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172S · all 172Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 172S9647
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2004
- Transponder code
- A1D311 (octal 50351421)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 31, 2017
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · June 1, 2004
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00111769
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Smedley Jonathan G
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1201 High Lonesome
Leander, TX 78641-3658
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 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N21662, 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 Smedley Jonathan G, an individual, certificate issued January 31, 2017, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated June 1, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S9647 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N21662 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172M (serial 17263984, cancelled March 26, 1998). 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]
3 NTSB records under N21662: Accident on March 5, 1996 at Valparaiso, IN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 5, 1991 at Millville, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 27, 1983 at Kansas City, MO: no injuries, substantial 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
the pilot's continued flight into adverse weather. Factors were the low ceilings, icing conditions, airframe ice, and the muddy field.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION AFTER BECOMING LOST, RESULTING IN ENGINE FUEL EXHAUSTION. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA, AND HIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS TYPE OF OPERATION.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
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 September 30, 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