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N4324R

Cessna 172M

N4324R is a Cessna 172M, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1974. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Gig Harbor, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 6, 2024 and expires on August 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 21, 1974.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172M · all 172Ms and related versions
Serial number
17263077
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1974
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A52D80 (octal 51226600)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 6, 2024
Expires
August 31, 2031
Last FAA action
August 6, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · March 21, 1974
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00622094

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shadle James A JR
Type
Individual
Address
6708 40Th Street Ct NW
Gig Harbor, WA 98335-6521

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.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N4324R, 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 Shadle James A JR, an individual, certificate issued August 6, 2024, expires August 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated March 21, 1974, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17263077 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N4324R 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

2 NTSB records under N4324R: Accident on November 17, 1992 at Vancouver, WA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 19, 1991 at Vancouver, WA: 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 2

SEA93LA024Accident on November 17, 1992 at Vancouver, WA: minor injuries, substantial damage.

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

THE PILOT'S INABILITY TO SEE BIRDS DUE TO DARKNESS.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA93LA024 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

SEA91LA171Accident on June 19, 1991 at Vancouver, WA: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

A HARD LANDING BY THE PILOT DUE TO IMPROPER BOUNCED LANDING RECOVERY.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA91LA171 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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