Textron Aviation Inc 172S
N389CP is a Textron Aviation Inc 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2020. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Civil Air Patrol, a corporation in Maxwell Afb, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 20, 2020 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 23, 2020.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Textron Aviation Inc
- Model
- 172S · all 172Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 172S12521
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2020
- Transponder code
- A47CF9 (octal 51076371)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 20, 2020
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · July 23, 2020
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 01318000
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Civil Air Patrol
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 105 S Hansell St Bldg 714
Maxwell Afb, AL 36112-5937
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N389CP, 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 Civil Air Patrol, a corporation, certificate issued October 20, 2020, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated July 23, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S12521 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N389CP was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cirrus Design Corp SR20 (serial 1881, cancelled September 10, 2014). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N389CP: Accident on November 19, 2008 at Green Cove Springs, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cirrus Design CORP SR20 · operated under 091
The fusing of an electrical cable from the No. 2 (standby) alternator with the throttle cable resulting in the flight crew’s inability to move the throttle control. Contributing to the accident was the failure of maintenance personnel to detect inadequate clearance and chafing of the Alternator No. 2 output cable against the throttle cable housing during the 100-Hour inspections.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA09LA062 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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
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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data