Cessna 172S
N487ER is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Cloudchasers LLC, an LLC in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 20, 2017 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 13, 2007.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172S · all 172Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 172S10547
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A6030E (octal 51401416)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 20, 2017
- Expires
- September 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 17, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · July 13, 2007
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00356819
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Cloudchasers LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 1587 Aviation Way
Colorado Springs, CO 80916-2709
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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N487ER, 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 Cloudchasers LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 20, 2017, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S10547 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N487ER was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172N (serial 17270325, cancelled January 17, 1997). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N487ER: Accident on May 7, 2015 at Daytona Beach, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 4, 1994 at Prescott, AZ: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172S · operated under 091
The landing airplane pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and ground collision with a taxiing airplane.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA15CA064 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172N · operated under 091
THE STUDENT PILOT'S DELAYED FLARE AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR'S INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF THE FLIGHT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX94LA154 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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
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