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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172S · all 172Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 172S9351
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2003
- Transponder code
- A6C28C (octal 51541214)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 23, 2014
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · March 31, 2003
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00040119
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- L & W Leasing LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 503 Tarver Ct
Smyrna, TN 37167-4422
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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 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
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]
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 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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA17CA300 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA12CA209 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL83FKM01 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