Cessna 172R
N51827 is a Cessna 172R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 4 seats. It is registered to B D Aviation LLC, an LLC in Sauget, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 19, 2013 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated April 15, 2002. 1 document is on file: loan release.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172R · all 172Rs and related versions
- Serial number
- 17281108
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A681E5 (octal 51500745)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 19, 2013
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- March 13, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · April 15, 2002
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00923996
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- B D Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 5600 Vector Dr
Sauget, IL 62206-1460
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 1
Earlier use of this number 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N51827, 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 B D Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 19, 2013, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated April 15, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17281108 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N51827 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Bensen B-8M (serial EC1, cancelled March 12, 1982); Fairchild M-62A (serial T43-5760, cancelled April 21, 1950). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
1 document received recently: Loan release (August 31, 2026). [3]
2 NTSB records under N51827: Accident on February 23, 2017 at Cahokia, IL: substantial damage. Accident on May 7, 2007 at Chesterfield, MO: 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 172R · operated under 091
A hard landing for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN17CA140 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172R · operated under 091
Inadequate flare during landing. The induced oscillation, not performing a go-around, the pilot's lack of experience and the failure to perform remedial action were factors.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI07LA164 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