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N3951Q

Cessna 172L

N3951Q is a Cessna 172L, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1971. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Garden Valley, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 10, 2020 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 31, 1971. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172L · all 172Ls and related versions
Serial number
17260051
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1971
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A497E6 (octal 51113746)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 10, 2020
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · August 31, 1971
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00350854

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Garcia Larry M
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 35
Garden Valley, CA 95633-0035

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Documents on file 1

2026-09-24Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Records check free · 0 to understand · 5 clear

The public federal record on N3951Q, 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 Garcia Larry M, an individual, certificate issued June 10, 2020, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated August 31, 1971, consistent with the 1971 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17260051 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N3951Q according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 24, 2026). [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N3951Q. 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 October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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