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A Cessna 172 Skyhawk, the same model family as N25153
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026
N25153

Textron Aviation Inc 172S

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesDelaware

N25153 is a Textron Aviation Inc 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2025. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Career Track 4 LLC, an LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 6, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 12, 2025.

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Aircraft

Maker
Textron Aviation Inc
Model
172S · all 172Ss and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna 172 Skyhawk family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
172S13345
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
2025
Transponder code
A25E58 (octal 50457130)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
June 6, 2025
Expires
June 30, 2032
Last FAA action
June 6, 2025
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 12, 2025
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01492635

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Career Track 4 LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
251 Little Falls Dr
Wilmington, DE 19808-1674

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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 2

2018-01-02Socata TB21 · Registration expired, pending cancellation
—Piper PA-38-112 · N-number assigned but not yet registered

Connections how N25153 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N25153, 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 Career Track 4 LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 6, 2025, expires June 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated May 12, 2025, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S13345 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N25153 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Socata TB21 (serial 968, cancelled January 2, 2018); Piper PA-38-112 (serial 3880A0024, cancelled date not given). 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 N25153: Accident on December 3, 2011 at Silverton, CO: fatal, substantial damage (4 fatal). 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

CEN12FA098Accident on December 3, 2011 at Silverton, CO: fatal, substantial damage (4 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 968

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Socata TB21 · operated under 091

The non-instrument-rated pilot’s decision to embark on a flight through forecasted instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his subsequent flight into IMC, which resulted in the pilot’s spatial disorientation and subsequent maneuvering of the airplane in a manner that exceeded the airplane’s structural limits.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data