N5226E is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172N built in 1978. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 16, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 172N cancelled September 16, 2013
- Serial number
- 17271781
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1978
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- March 19, 1991
- Last FAA action
- November 17, 2009
- Last owner
- Frg III INC (Corporation)
Lincoln Park, NJ - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
Cessna 180B cancelled June 18, 1959
- Serial number
- 50526
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Canada
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Cessna Aircraft CORP (Corporation)
Wichita, KS - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N5226E
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172N · serial 17271781
THE FAILURE OF BOTH PILOTS TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT WHILE IN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN, WHICH RESULTED IN AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site