Cessna 172G
N3971L is a Cessna 172G, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Missoula, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 1, 2023 and expires on September 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated January 14, 1966.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172G · all 172Gs and related versions
- Serial number
- 17254140
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A49F50 (octal 51117520)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 1, 2023
- Expires
- September 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · January 14, 1966
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00510744
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kenworthy Christian R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 6762 Linda Vista Blvd
Missoula, MT 59803-2769
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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 N3971L, 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 Kenworthy Christian R, an individual, certificate issued September 1, 2023, expires September 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17254140 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3971L 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]
2 NTSB records under N3971L: Accident on November 14, 2023 at Provo, UT: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal). Accident on January 9, 1987 at Tuskegee, AL: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172G · operated under 091
The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during a chandelle maneuver, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and descent into trees and terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to maneuver into a canyon and rising terrain for unknown reasons and his inadequate performance planning.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR24FA035 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172G · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL87LA058 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
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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