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A Cessna 162, the same model family as N52023
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026
N52023

Cessna Aircraft Co 162

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesWashington

N52023 is a Cessna Aircraft Co 162, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2010. It has 2 seats. It is registered to M&L Flight INC, a corporation in Newcastle, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 5, 2024 and expires on November 30, 2031. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated October 14, 2010.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna Aircraft Co
Model
162 · all 162s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna 162 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
16200014
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
Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor O-200 · 100 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2010
Transponder code
A68BA8 (octal 51505650)

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 5, 2024
Expires
November 30, 2031
Last FAA action
November 5, 2024
Airworthiness
Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AirplaneFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 14, 2010
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01056419

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
M&L Flight INC
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
8107 126Th Pl SE
Newcastle, WA 98056-9131

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 2

2005-10-14Cirrus Design Corp SR20 · exported to Switzerland · Valid registration
1984-12-27Cessna 172P · Valid registration

Connections how N52023 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Newcastle, WA 18 aircraft registered in this town
  • Washington 10,571 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N52023.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N52023, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to M&L Flight INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 5, 2024, expires November 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Light sport certificate for airplane, dated October 14, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 16200014 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N52023 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cirrus Design Corp SR20 (serial 1557, cancelled October 14, 2005); Cessna 172P (serial 17274396, cancelled December 27, 1984). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N52023: Accident on August 10, 1983 at Jean, NV: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

LAX83LA380Accident on August 10, 1983 at Jean, NV: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 17274396

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · operated under 091

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data