Cessna 172S
N55218 is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2014. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Christiansen Aviation LLC, an LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 15, 2022 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 16, 2014.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172S · all 172Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 172S11424
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2014
- Transponder code
- A70975 (octal 51604565)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 15, 2022
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · May 16, 2014
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 01137404
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Christiansen Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- Mailboxes Etc #1710
2207 Concord Pike
Wilmington, DE 19803
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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 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N55218, 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 Christiansen Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 15, 2022, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated May 16, 2014, consistent with the 2014 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S11424 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N55218 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Fairchild M-62A (serial T43-5043, cancelled October 27, 1971). 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]
1 NTSB record under N55218: Accident on August 23, 1999 at Hampton, GA: no injuries, substantial damage. 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · operated under 091
Was the failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain directional control after touchdown following a bounced landing, resulting in the on-ground collision with a taxiway sign and the separation of the right main landing gear.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA99LA235 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