Cessna 152
N5447L is a Cessna 152, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1980. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Pinnacle Aviation Services INC, a corporation in Encinitas, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 17, 1994 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated March 14, 1980.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 152 · all 152s 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 152 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
- 15284317
- 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
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1980
- Transponder code
- A6EA20 (octal 51565040)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 17, 1994
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 14, 1980
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00293165
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pinnacle Aviation Services INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1401 Vanessa Cir
Encinitas, CA 92024
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N5447L links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 152 1,636 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 O-235 series 6,131 aircraft with this engine series · 115 hp
- Pinnacle Aviation Services INC 13 aircraft in the fleet
- Encinitas, CA 65 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,708 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 152 19 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 152 754 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 152 148 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-235 series 13 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-235 series 20 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Control Cable, failed · 1995-10-03
- Where N5447L is now · Last seen yesterday at 10:39 am.
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The public federal record on N5447L, 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 Pinnacle Aviation Services INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 17, 1994, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for utility, dated March 14, 1980, consistent with the 1980 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 15284317 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5447L according to the deregistered file. [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 N5447L: Accident on September 4, 2026 at Carlsbad, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 25, 2000 at Ramona, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · operated under 091
The dual student's habit interference, from his previous training in a different type of airplane, that precipitated his improper use of the elevator control during a go-around.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data