Cessna 172S
N497SJ is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2000. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Fxe Flightcenter CORP, a non-citizen corporation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 13, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated June 19, 2000.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172S · all 172Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 172S8497
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0-360-B1E · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2000
- Transponder code
- A62BB2 (octal 51425662)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 13, 2019
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · June 19, 2000
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00725780
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Fxe Flightcenter CORP
- Type
- Non-citizen corporation
- Address
- 1635 NW 51St Pl Hngr 31
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309-2752
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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 N497SJ, 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 Fxe Flightcenter CORP, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued December 13, 2019, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated June 19, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S8497 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N497SJ 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]
4 NTSB records under N497SJ: Accident on December 9, 2024 at Pahokee, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 29, 2018 at Orlando, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 1, 2016 at Fort Lauderdale, FL: 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 4
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
The pilots' failure to see and avoid the other airplane, which resulted in a midair collision during short final approach.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA25LA072 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced, hard landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA18CA348 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper landing flare in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a nose landing gear collapse.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA17LA026 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172S · operated under 091
the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW02LA068 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