N3090U is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172E built in 1963. The FAA cancelled the registration on April 16, 2022. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
N3090U is reserved by a private party since April 16, 2022. Reservation type: Two-year hold for canceled N-numbers.
Cessna 172E cancelled April 16, 2022
- Serial number
- 17250690
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1963
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- December 21, 2015
- Last FAA action
- August 28, 2018
- Last owner
- Wings Over Waxhaw Flying Club INC (Corporation)
Waxhaw, NC - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Cessna 172E cancelled October 21, 1963
- Serial number
- 17250680
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Peru
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Cessna Aircraft CO (Corporation)
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N3090U
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · serial 17250690
The pilot’s failure to abort the takeoff in sufficient time to stop the airplane on the runway remaining. Contributing to the accident was the lack of airplane takeoff performance due to the pilot’s failure to assure that the carburetor heat control was in the off position and the elevated density altitude.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site