Cessna 172N
N492SF is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1976. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Snohomish Flying Service INC, a corporation in Snohomish, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 13, 1993 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 7, 1976.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172N · all 172Ns and related versions
- Serial number
- 17268310
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1976
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A6191C (octal 51414434)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 13, 1993
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 14, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · December 7, 1976
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00151817
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Snohomish Flying Service INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 9900 Airport Way
Snohomish, WA 98296-8260
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.
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The public federal record on N492SF, 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 Snohomish Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 13, 1993, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated December 7, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17268310 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N492SF 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]
2 NTSB records under N492SF: Accident on April 6, 2011 at Snohomish, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 31, 2006 at Snohomish, WA: no 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 172N · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a hangar while taxiing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR11CA191 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172N · operated under 091
Carburetor heat was not used during the initial climb in probable serious carburetor icing conditions during cruise power. Carburetor icing conditions and wet terrain were factors.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA06LA049 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
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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