Cessna 172S
N5185U is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Moyer Aviation INC, a corporation in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 29, 2010 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated April 15, 2002.
Where is it now Last seen yesterday at 7:16 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172S · all 172Ss 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. This is how the Cessna 172 Skyhawk 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
- 172S9059
- 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 · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A68241 (octal 51501101)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 29, 2010
- Expires
- October 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 9, 2023
- 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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 15, 2002
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00933996
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Moyer Aviation INC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 188 Airport Dr
Tobyhanna, PA 18466-7701
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N5185U links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk 20,691 registered
- Cessna 72,676 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A 2,650 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Moyer Aviation INC 8 aircraft in the fleet
- Tobyhanna, PA 9 aircraft registered in this town
- Pennsylvania 6,194 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 172 Skyhawk 88 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 172 Skyhawk 4,222 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 172 Skyhawk 857 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-360-L2A 26 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-360-L2A 994 reports since 1995
- Where N5185U is now · Last seen yesterday at 7:16 pm.
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The public federal record on N5185U, 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 Moyer Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 29, 2010, expires October 31, 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 172S9059 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5185U 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]
1 NTSB record under N5185U: Accident on June 25, 2021 at Mount Pocono, PA: 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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172S · operated under 091
The pilot’s loss of aircraft control following a bounced landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data