Cessna 172I
N46028 is a Cessna 172I, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1968. It has 4 seats. It is registered to First Take Aviation LLC, an LLC in Van Nuys, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 22, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 9, 1968.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172I · all 172Is and related versions
- Serial number
- 17256998
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1968
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A59C5A (octal 51316132)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 22, 2023
- Expires
- June 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- June 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · July 9, 1968
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00153064
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- First Take Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 7900 Balboa Blvd Ste E204B
Van Nuys, CA 91406-1646
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N46028, 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 First Take Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 22, 2023, expires June 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated July 9, 1968, consistent with the 1968 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17256998 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N46028 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 N46028: Accident on November 14, 2024 at Los Angeles, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172I · operated under 091
On November 14, 2024, about 0704 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 172, N46028, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Van Nuys, California. The pilot and passenger did not sustain injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, his preflight inspection and engine runup were normal, with minimal drop in RPM during the magneto check, carburetor heat application, and idle power check. After asking the tower controller for a left crosswind departure from runway 16R, the controller cleared him …
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- 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 August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data