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N2219E

Cessna 172N

N2219E is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Sorbi Aviation INC, a corporation in El Cajon, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 13, 2021 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 22, 1978.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N · all 172Ns and related versions
Serial number
17271189
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1978
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A1E850 (octal 50364120)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 13, 2021
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · September 22, 1978
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00741752

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sorbi Aviation INC
Type
Corporation
Address
2075 N Marshall Ave
El Cajon, CA 92020-1119

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

1949-10-27Aeronca 7AC · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N2219E, 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 Sorbi Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 13, 2021, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated September 22, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17271189 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N2219E was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aeronca 7AC (serial 7AC-5793, cancelled October 27, 1949). 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 N2219E: Accident on October 7, 2009 at San Diego, CA: 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

WPR10CA007Accident on October 7, 2009 at San Diego, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The pilot’s improper flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR10CA007 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