N5618J is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172N built in 1980. The FAA cancelled the registration on February 22, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 172N cancelled February 22, 2017
- Serial number
- 17273823
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1980
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- March 27, 1997
- Last FAA action
- March 30, 2000
- Last owner
- Torres Christine M (Co-owned)
Acton, CA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
Cessna A188 cancelled date not given
- Serial number
- 188-0568
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Brazil
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld (Corporation)
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N5618J
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172N · serial 17272823
The pilot's inadvertent visual flight rules (VFR) flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). Factors include the pilot's improper decision to fly under a low ceiling while in mountainous/hilly terrain, and his encounter with fog and low clouds while maneuvering in a narrow canyon.
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