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A Cessna 172 Skyhawk, the same model family as N368ES
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N368ES

Cessna 172R

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIowa

N368ES is a Cessna 172R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1997. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Mindy Limited LLC, an LLC in Muscatine, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 19, 2021 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 28, 1997.

Where is it now Last seen October 17 at 6:16 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172R · all 172Rs 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
17280022
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 I0360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1997
Transponder code
A42A79 (octal 51025171)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 19, 2021
Expires
May 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 12, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 28, 1997
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00106431

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mindy Limited 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
5701 S Highway
Muscatine, IA 52761

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N368ES links to the rest of the register

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The public federal record on N368ES, 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 Mindy Limited LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 19, 2021, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated March 28, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17280022 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N368ES according to the deregistered file. [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

2 NTSB records under N368ES: Accident on September 4, 2013 at Council Bluff, IA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 24, 2012 at Council Bluffs, IA: no injuries, substantial damage. 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 2

CEN13CA529Accident on September 4, 2013 at Council Bluff, IA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172R · operated under 091

The student pilot's loss of directional control during takeoff.

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

CEN12CA213Accident on March 24, 2012 at Council Bluffs, IA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172R · operated under 091

The student pilot’s improper flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control.

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 October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data