Cessna 172S
N51637 is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to South Dakota State University, a government body in Brookings, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 2, 2022 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated January 29, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172S · all 172Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 172S9033
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A67A9A (octal 51475232)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 2, 2022
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · January 29, 2002
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00504087
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- South Dakota State University
- Type
- Government
- Address
- 201 W 2Nd St S
Brookings, SD 57006-1808
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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 N51637, 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 South Dakota State University, a government body, certificate issued July 2, 2022, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S9033 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N51637 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 N51637: Accident on September 3, 1994 at Port Alsworth, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 31, 1983 at Holyoke, CO: 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: Maule M5 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S SELECTION OF UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC94LA128 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule M-5-220C · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN84LA057 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