Cessna 172R
N2460A is a Cessna 172R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2000. It has 4 seats. It is registered to American Aviation INC, a corporation in Brooksville, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 30, 2018 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 25, 2000.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172R · all 172Rs and related versions
- Serial number
- 17280932
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2000
- Transponder code
- A248A2 (octal 50444242)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 30, 2018
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · July 25, 2000
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00735950
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- American Aviation INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 2495 Broad St
Brooksville, FL 34604-6841
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.
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The public federal record on N2460A, 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 American Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 30, 2018, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated July 25, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17280932 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2460A according to the deregistered file. [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]
5 NTSB records under N2460A: Accident on August 22, 2025 at Spring Hill, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 28, 2017 at Emporia, VA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 12, 1990 at Sparrevohn, AK: 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 5
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and substantial damage to the airplane’s fuselage.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA25LA323 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
The student pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed for landing and his improper landing flare and recovery from a bounced landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA17CA216 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL. THE ROUGH/UNEVEN GRAVEL BAR WAS A RELATED FACTOR.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC90LA171 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
THE PASSENGER'S INADVERTENT INTERFERENCE WITH THE THROTTLE CONTROL, AND LACK OF APPROPRIATE REMEDIAL ACTION BY THE PILOT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC89LA173 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC88LA114 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data