Cessna 172M
N42JA is a Cessna 172M, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1976. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Jersey Aero Club INC, a corporation in Lakewood, New Jersey. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 19, 2019 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated June 2, 1976.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172M · all 172Ms and related versions
- Serial number
- 17267383
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1976
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A4FA0F (octal 51175017)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 19, 2019
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- October 25, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · June 2, 1976
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00041897
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Jersey Aero Club INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 982
Lakewood, NJ 08701-0982
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
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 N42JA, 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 Jersey Aero Club INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 19, 2019, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated June 2, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17267383 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N42JA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28RT-201 (serial 28R-7918110, cancelled March 13, 2018). 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 N42JA: Accident on June 12, 2016 at Taylorsville, KY: serious injuries, destroyed. 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: Piper PA28RT · operated under 091
The pilot's improper decision to continue a takeoff with a partial loss of engine power that occurred early in the takeoff roll. The reason for the partial loss of engine power could not be determined because postaccident fire damage to the engine precluded an examination.
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
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