Cessna 172S
N5280D is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Hdw Florida Helicopters INC, a non-citizen corporation in Pompano Beach, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 18, 2021 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated November 6, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172S · all 172Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 172S9212
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A6A902 (octal 51524402)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 18, 2021
- Expires
- November 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 23, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · November 6, 2002
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00017639
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hdw Florida Helicopters INC
- Type
- Non-citizen corporation
- Address
- 1111 NE 10Th St
Pompano Beach, FL 33060-5778
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N5280D, 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 Hdw Florida Helicopters INC, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued November 18, 2021, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated November 6, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S9212 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5280D was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 172N (serial 17272490, cancelled October 11, 1979); Cessna 180A (serial 50178, cancelled August 8, 1963). 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 N5280D: Accident on July 13, 2020 at Fort Lauderdale, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 17, 2004 at Key West, FL: 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 172 · operated under 091
The failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other while taxiing, which resulted in a ground collision. Contributing to the accident was the tower controller’s failure to provide information to each pilot regarding the position and intention of the other pilot.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA20LA247 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172S · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing in gusty wind conditions which resulted in the airplane departing the runway and impacting a sign, incurring damage.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA04CA077 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