The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
A Cessna 172 Skyhawk, the same model family as N484CS
A Cessna 172 Skyhawk like this one, not N484CS itself. Photo: Peter Bakema, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons. Pictures of N484CS itself may be on Planespotters · JetPhotos · Airliners.net. Operator or owner? Send your own picture.
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N484CS

Textron Aviation Inc 172S

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesKansas
Records check, free: 1 to understand, 4 clearWhere is it nowWeight and balance

N484CS is a Textron Aviation Inc 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2026. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Textron Aviation INC, a corporation in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 16, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated February 5, 2026.

Where is it now checking the live feed…

Checking the volunteer receiver network for a recent position…

Aircraft broadcast their own position; volunteer receivers pool what they hear. Owners who have asked the FAA not to be displayed are not shown.

Flight history: where it flew in the last seven days · follow it on the live map

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
172S13484
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
2026
Transponder code
A5F7B8 (octal 51373670)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
March 16, 2026
Expires
March 31, 2033
Last FAA action
March 16, 2026
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 · February 5, 2026
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01537519

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Textron Aviation INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1 Cessna Blvd
Wichita, KS 67215-1400

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

2015-11-24Cessna T240 · exported to Canada · Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate

Connections how N484CS links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
  • Textron Aviation INC 335 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to June 21, 2027
Place
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N484CS.json.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N484CS, 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 Textron Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 16, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated February 5, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S13484 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N484CS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna T240 (serial T24002084, cancelled November 24, 2015). 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N484CS. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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.

Request the full report for N484CSWhat the full report adds

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data