Cessna 172M
N433PT 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 Pilot Training Center LLC, an LLC in Miami, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 3, 2014 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 23, 1974.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172M · all 172Ms and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe 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
- 17263088
- 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
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1974
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A52F9A (octal 51227632)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 3, 2014
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- June 7, 2024
- 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 · March 23, 1974
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00712144
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pilot Training Center LLC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 14300 SW 129Th St Ste 204
Miami, FL 33186-5304
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N433PT links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk 20,687 registered
- Cessna 72,682 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-320 series 27,303 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Pilot Training Center LLC 13 aircraft in the fleet
- Miami, FL 799 aircraft registered in this town
- Miami Executive · TMB
- Miami International · MIA
- Miami-Opa Locka Executive · OPF
- Dade-Collier Training And Transition Airport · TNT
- 1 more landing places in town
- Florida 21,702 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 172 Skyhawk 88 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 172 Skyhawk 4,220 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 172 Skyhawk 857 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320 series 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320 series 349 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N433PT, 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 Pilot Training Center LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 3, 2014, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated March 23, 1974, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17263088 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N433PT 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]
1 NTSB record under N433PT: Accident on October 7, 2025 at Miami, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
On October 07, 2025, at 1440 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N433PT, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Miami, Florida. The private pilot and the flight instructor were uninjured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. The flight was an instructional flight for the private pilot to practice commercial pilot maneuvers in preparation for the pilot's commercial check ride. The pilots departed from Miami Executive Airport (TMB), Miami, Florida and proceeded southwest to an area to perform the maneuver…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data