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A Cessna 172 Skyhawk, the same model family as N421ER
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N421ER

Cessna 172S

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N421ER is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2004. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Cc Aviation INC, a corporation in Tracy, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 26, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 20, 2004.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172S · all 172Ss 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
172S9679
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 IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2004
Transponder code
A4FFCA (octal 51177712)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 26, 2023
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
April 26, 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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 20, 2004
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00120139

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Cc Aviation INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
5749 S Tracy Blvd
Tracy, CA 95377-8116

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N421ER links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
  • Cc Aviation INC 12 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to January 19, 2027
Place

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The public federal record on N421ER, 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 Cc Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 26, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated August 20, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S9679 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N421ER 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

1 NTSB record under N421ER: Accident on March 20, 2013 at Gila Bend, AZ: 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 1

WPR13CA158Accident on March 20, 2013 at Gila Bend, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The student pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from an above-ground fuel tank while taxiing.

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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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data