N5488K is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172P built in 1980. The FAA cancelled the registration on January 24, 2018. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Cessna 172P cancelled January 24, 2018
- Serial number
- 17274154
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1980
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- February 27, 1991
- Last FAA action
- December 8, 2000
- Last owner
- Travis Aerial INC (Corporation)
Kentwood, LA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
NTSB accident and incident record under N5488K
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · serial 17274154
THE POWER LOSS DUE TO CARBURETOR ICING AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO USE CARBURETOR HEAT. FACTORS WERE THE ICING CONDITIONS, LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR THE FORCED LANDING, AND THE GUSTY TAIL WIND.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site