Cessna 172S
N505LP 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 Wifa (Washington International Flight Academy) LLC, an LLC in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 9, 2019 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 22, 2000.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172S · all 172Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 172S8546
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2000
- Transponder code
- A64D8B (octal 51446613)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 9, 2019
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- March 31, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · August 22, 2000
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00835890
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wifa (Washington International Flight Academy) LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 7940 Airpark Rd
Gaithersburg, MD 20879-4176
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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 N505LP, 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 Wifa (Washington International Flight Academy) LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 9, 2019, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated August 22, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S8546 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N505LP 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 N505LP: Accident on August 21, 2025 at Gaithersburg, MD: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 22, 2020 at Culpeper, VA: 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 172 · operated under 091
The flight instructor’s distraction during landing, which resulted in a long landing and subsequent runway excursion.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA25LA311 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172S · operated under 091
The pilot’s decision to land the airplane in crosswind conditions that exceeded the airplane’s maximum demonstrated crosswind velocity.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA21LA092 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