Cessna 172S
N53460 is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 4 seats. It is registered to L & W Leasing LLC, an LLC in Smyrna, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 23, 2014 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 31, 2003.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172S · all 172Ss and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna 172 Skyhawk family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 172S9351
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2003
- Transponder code
- A6C28C (octal 51541214)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 23, 2014
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 31, 2003
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00040119
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- L & W Leasing LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 503 Tarver Ct
Smyrna, TN 37167-4422
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
Connections how N53460 links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk 20,683 registered
- Cessna 72,685 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A 2,648 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- L & W Leasing LLC 5 aircraft in the fleet
- Smyrna, TN 90 aircraft registered in this town
- Smyrna Airport · MQY
- Tennessee 6,533 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 172 Skyhawk 88 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 172 Skyhawk 4,220 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 172 Skyhawk 857 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-360-L2A 26 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-360-L2A 993 reports since 1995
- Where N53460 is now · Last seen today at 9:07 am.
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The public federal record on N53460, 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 L & W Leasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 23, 2014, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated March 31, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S9351 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N53460 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 172P (serial 17274755, cancelled December 21, 1984); Douglas DC3C-S1C3G (serial 11863, cancelled January 14, 1955). 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]
3 NTSB records under N53460: Accident on May 14, 2017 at Clarksville, TN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 4, 2012 at Lafayette, TN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 27, 1982 at Near Maider, NC: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
The pilot’s unstabilized approach and improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, porpoised landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172S · operated under 091
The pilot’s inadequate compensation for gusting crosswind conditions during landing, which resulted in a hard landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data