Cessna 170A
N515N is a Cessna 170A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1951. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Delta Junction, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 7, 2016 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 14, 1956.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 170A · all 170As and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The original 1948 170 had fabric-covered wings; the 170A and 170B are all-metal. This is how the Cessna 170 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 19987
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1951
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A6752E (octal 51472456)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 7, 2016
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- March 12, 2025
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · July 14, 1956
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00702105
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Aikens Susan R
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 949
Delta Junction, AK 99737-0949
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 2
Connections how N515N links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 170 2,085 registered
- Cessna 72,684 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental O-300 series 6,625 aircraft with this engine series · 145 hp
- Delta Junction, AK 75 aircraft registered in this town
- Delta Junction Airport · D66
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 170 16 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 170 60 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 170 293 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental O-300 series 7 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental O-300 series 38 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N515N, 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 Aikens Susan R, an individual, certificate issued November 7, 2016, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 14, 1956, 5 years after the 1951 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 19987 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N515N was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Lockheed PV-1 (serial 5793, cancelled April 29, 1964); Curtiss Robertson ROBIN J-1 (serial 709, cancelled October 18, 1955). 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]
1 NTSB record under N515N: Accident on March 5, 2004 at North Pole, AK: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 170A · operated under 091
The pilot's delayed response in initiating an aborted takeoff, which resulted in an overrun and collision with a snowbank.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data