Cessna 152
N5144L is a Cessna 152, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1980. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Empire Aviation, a corporation in Oxford, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 22, 2002 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated February 28, 1980.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 152 · all 152s and related versions
- Serial number
- 15284270
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1980
- Transponder code
- A6733A (octal 51471472)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 22, 2002
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Utility · February 28, 1980
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00821445
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Empire Aviation
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 418 Raleigh St
Oxford, NC 27565-3734
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 · 3 clear
The public federal record on N5144L, 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 Empire Aviation, a corporation, certificate issued February 22, 2002, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for utility, dated February 28, 1980, consistent with the 1980 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 15284270 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5144L was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-180 (serial 28-4429, cancelled June 30, 1970). 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 N5144L: Accident on November 5, 2005 at Durham, NC: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 21, 1999 at Frisco, TX: 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 152 · operated under 091
The pilot's improper flare on landing flare touchdown resulting in a hard landing and collapse of the nose gear.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL06CA018 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the simulated soft field takeoff.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW99LA195 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