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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N5259F

N5259F is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172F built in 1965. The FAA cancelled the registration on April 2, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".

Cessna 172F cancelled April 2, 2013

Serial number
17253371
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
1965
Last status
Registration expired, pending cancellation
Certificate issued
September 14, 1982
Last FAA action
October 20, 2009
Last owner
United States Air Force (Government)
Goodfellow Afb, TX
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility

NTSB accident and incident record under N5259F

FTW83FA362Accident on August 7, 1983 at El Paso, TX: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172F · serial 17253371

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