Cessna 172
N388TC is a Cessna 172, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1956. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Ooltewah, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 12, 2018 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated November 30, 1956.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172 · all 172s and related versions
- Serial number
- 29601
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Franklin 6ACT298 SER · 130 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1956
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A47AAE (octal 51075256)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 12, 2018
- Expires
- September 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · November 30, 1956
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00522176
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Dopson Joel A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 8282 Georgetown Bay Dr
Ooltewah, TN 37363-9579
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N388TC, 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.
Valid registration to Dopson Joel A, an individual, certificate issued September 12, 2018, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated November 30, 1956, consistent with the 1956 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 29601 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N388TC according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N388TC: Accident on September 13, 2022 at Chattanooga, TN: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power due to of carburetor ice. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to apply carburetor heat.
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- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data