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N5425K

Cessna 172P

N5425K is a Cessna 172P, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Ludlow, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 12, 2018 and expires on March 31, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172P · all 172Ps and related versions
Serial number
17274106
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A6E26B (octal 51561153)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 12, 2018
Expires
March 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 28, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
00293095

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hayden Stephen M
Type
Individual
Address
539 Chapin St
Ludlow, MA 01056-2514

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 1

1970-09-23Ryan NAVION B · Valid registration

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N5425K, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Hayden Stephen M, an individual, certificate issued March 12, 2018, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate

No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17274106 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N5425K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Ryan NAVION B (serial NAV-4-2325B, cancelled September 23, 1970). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N5425K: Accident on December 26, 2007 at Northampton, MA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 9, 2004 at Westfield, MA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

MIA08CA045Accident on December 26, 2007 at Northampton, MA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · operated under 091

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll and inadequate supervision by the CFI.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA08CA045 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

NYC04CA102Accident on April 9, 2004 at Westfield, MA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · operated under 091

The student pilot's improper flare and his failure to maintain aircraft control while landing.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC04CA102 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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