N45173 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 150M built in 1975. The FAA cancelled the registration on May 11, 2015. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 150M cancelled May 11, 2015
- Serial number
- 15076769
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 1975
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- October 10, 2001
- Last FAA action
- October 16, 2007
- Last owner
- Rosales Gabriel D (Individual)
Coleman, TX - Airworthiness
- Standard · Utility
Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 cancelled January 24, 1956
- Serial number
- 2638
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 30, 1950
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Sanders A P (Individual)
Tempe, AZ - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N45173
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 150M · serial 15076769
The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision by his VFR flight into IMC which resulted in his failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors were fog and the pilot's inadequate preflight preparation.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site