N5129R is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172M built in 1974. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 18, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Cessna 172M cancelled September 18, 2017
- Serial number
- 17263346
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 1974
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- March 21, 2008
- Last FAA action
- January 25, 2011
- Last owner
- Davis Gordon A (Co-owned)
Tehachapi, CA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
NTSB accident and incident record under N5129R
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172M · serial 17263346
The pilot’s decision to attempt flight into approaching adverse weather, which led to his low-level flight, encounter with mountain obscuration and moderate turbulence, and his subsequent loss of airplane control. Contributing to the severity of the pilot’s injuries was the failure of the seat restraint assembly.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site