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A Cessna 172 Skyhawk, the same model family as N336MC
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 3, 2026
N336MC

Textron Aviation Inc 172S

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIllinois

N336MC is a Textron Aviation Inc 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2022. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Lewis University, a corporation in Romeoville, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 10, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 21, 2022.

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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
172S12880
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
2022
Transponder code
A3AD2F (octal 50726457)

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 10, 2023
Expires
February 28, 2030
Last FAA action
March 9, 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 · September 21, 2022
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01367890

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lewis University (university or college with a flight programme: its whole fleet and safety record)
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1 University Pkwy
Romeoville, IL 60446-2200
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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 1

2008-07-21Cowie Merle R. J-22 SPORTSMAN · exported to Canada · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N336MC links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Romeoville, IL 43 aircraft registered in this town
  • Illinois 8,061 aircraft registered
Airworthiness
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N336MC.json.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N336MC, 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 Lewis University, a corporation, certificate issued February 10, 2023, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated September 21, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S12880 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N336MC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cowie Merle R. J-22 SPORTSMAN (serial 336, cancelled July 21, 2008). 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 N336MC. 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 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 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 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data