N5253K is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172P built in 1980. The FAA cancelled the registration on April 2, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Cessna 172P cancelled April 2, 2013
- Serial number
- 17274032
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1980
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- June 15, 1988
- Last FAA action
- July 20, 1991
- Last owner
- Gordon Gregory A (Individual)
Yorba Linda, CA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
NTSB accident and incident record under N5253K
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · serial 17274032
CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE.
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