Cessna 172P
N5268K is a Cessna 172P, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Sorbi Aviation INC, a corporation in El Cajon, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 10, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated June 23, 1980.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172P · all 172Ps and related versions
- Serial number
- 17274038
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1980
- Transponder code
- A6A2B2 (octal 51521262)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 10, 2024
- Expires
- October 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- October 10, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · June 23, 1980
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00352535
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sorbi Aviation INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 2075 N Marshall Ave
El Cajon, CA 92020-1119
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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 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N5268K, 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 Sorbi Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 10, 2024, expires October 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated June 23, 1980, consistent with the 1980 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17274038 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5268K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Ryan NAVION B (serial NAV-4-2168B, cancelled January 7, 1958). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N5268K: Accident on February 2, 2025 at Ramona, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 26, 2002 at Creston, CA: 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · operated under 091
An in-flight collision with a bird in the airport traffic pattern.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR25LA086 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · operated under 091
the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and loss of engine power. A factor in the accident was the dark night conditions.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX02LA237 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data