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N436CA, a Textron Aviation Inc 172S
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N436CA

Textron Aviation Inc 172S

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesKansas

N436CA is a Textron Aviation Inc 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2017. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Wingsleasing LLC, an LLC in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 2, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 2, 2017.

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Aircraft

Maker
Textron Aviation Inc
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
172S12061
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
2017
Transponder code
A5399B (octal 51234633)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 2, 2024
Expires
July 31, 2031
Last FAA action
July 2, 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 · August 2, 2017
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01254806

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wingsleasing LLC
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
250 N Water St Ste 300
Wichita, KS 67202-1216

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

2011-07-27Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B19 · exported to Bermuda · Valid registration

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N436CA, 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 Wingsleasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 2, 2024, expires July 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated August 2, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S12061 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N436CA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B19 (serial 7482, cancelled July 27, 2011). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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

3 NTSB records under N436CA: Incident on October 15, 1987 at Mayaguez, PR: no injuries, minor damage. Accident on September 30, 1987 at San Juan, PR: serious injuries. Incident on January 25, 1985 at Arecibo, PR: no injuries, minor 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 3

MIA88IA011Incident on October 15, 1987 at Mayaguez, PR: no injuries, minor damage.serial on NTSB record: 287

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Casa C-212-200 · operated under 135

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

MIA87LA265Accident on September 30, 1987 at San Juan, PR: serious injuries.serial on NTSB record: 287

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Casa 212-200 · operated under 135

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

MIA85IA086Incident on January 25, 1985 at Arecibo, PR: no injuries, minor damage.serial on NTSB record: 287

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Casa 212 · operated under 135

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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