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A Cessna 172 Skyhawk, the same model family as N2FN
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 11, 2026
N2FN

Cessna 172N

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOhio

N2FN is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Flying Neutrons LLC, an LLC in Lebanon, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 3, 2012 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated November 11, 1977.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N · all 172Ns 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
17269910
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 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
1977
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A18DDB (octal 50306733)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 3, 2012
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
April 21, 2023
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 · November 11, 1977
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00082227

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Flying Neutrons LLC (flying club: its whole fleet and safety record)
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
Mailbox 9
2460 Greentree Rd
Lebanon, OH 45036-8157
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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

2002-02-25Cessna 172RG · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1977-08-03Bellanca 7KCAB · Valid registration

Connections how N2FN links to the rest of the register

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Engine
Owner
Place
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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N2FN, 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 Flying Neutrons LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 3, 2012, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated November 11, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17269910 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N2FN was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 172RG (serial 172RG1073, cancelled February 25, 2002); Bellanca 7KCAB (serial 391-73, cancelled August 3, 1977). 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N2FN. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 11, 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 11, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data