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N461CM

Cessna 172R

Valid Missouri

N461CM is a Cessna 172R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2000. It has 4 seats. It is registered to University Of Central Missouri, a government body in Warrensburg, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 18, 2000 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated February 15, 2000.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172R · all 172Rs and related versions
Serial number
17280853
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2000
Transponder code
A59D90 (octal 51316620)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 18, 2000
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · February 15, 2000
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00943523

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
University Of Central Missouri
Type
Government
Address
Max B Swisher Skyhaven Airport
Warrensburg, MO 64093
Co-owners
Board Of Governors / Department Of Aviation

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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 N461CM, 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 University Of Central Missouri, a government body, certificate issued May 18, 2000, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated February 15, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17280853 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N461CM 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

1 NTSB record under N461CM: Accident on September 30, 2020 at Higginsville, MO: 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 1

CEN20LA429Accident on September 30, 2020 at Higginsville, MO: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The airplane’s collision with a deer on the runway during takeoff at night.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN20LA429 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