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N2381Z

Cessna 172R

N2381Z is a Cessna 172R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2005. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Leone Brighter Developments LLC, an LLC in Carlsbad, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 13, 2020 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 9, 2020.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172R · all 172Rs and related versions
Serial number
17281276
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2005
Transponder code
A228CB (octal 50424313)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 13, 2020
Expires
November 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 29, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · July 9, 2020
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00221269

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Leone Brighter Developments LLC
Type
LLC
Address
1291 Las Flores Dr
Carlsbad, CA 92008-1030

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

2011-03-31Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181 · exported to Qatar · Valid registration
2002-09-13Beech 23 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N2381Z, 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 Leone Brighter Developments LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 13, 2020, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 9, 2020, 15 years after the 2005 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17281276 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N2381Z was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181 (serial 2843690, cancelled March 31, 2011); Beech 23 (serial M-92, cancelled September 13, 2002). 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 N2381Z: Accident on July 23, 1999 at Vidalia, GA: 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

ATL99LA113Accident on July 23, 1999 at Vidalia, GA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: M-92

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech BE23 · operated under 091

Pilot's decision to attempt a takeoff from an unsuitable pasture. A factor contributing to the accident consisted of previous damage to the leading edges of the wings.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL99LA113 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