Cessna 172N
N426SK is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Bergstrom Aircraft INC, a corporation in Pasco, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 15, 2000 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated January 10, 1980.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172N · all 172Ns and related versions
- Serial number
- 17273720
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1979
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A51383 (octal 51211603)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 15, 2000
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · January 10, 1980
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00551864
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bergstrom Aircraft INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 4102 N Stearman Ave
Pasco, WA 99301-7110
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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 N426SK, 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 Bergstrom Aircraft INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 15, 2000, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated January 10, 1980, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17273720 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N426SK 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 N426SK: Accident on September 8, 2001 at Pasco, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 25, 1983 at Half Moon Bay, CA: no 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 172N · operated under 091
The DHC-8 maintenance crew's failure to maintain radio contact with the tower during its engine run. Factors included the tower controller not issuing a safety advisory on the DHC-8 engine run to the accident pilot as recommended by FAA guidance, and the FAA's failure to make information on jet blast/prop blast hazards available to controllers.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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