Cessna 172E
N5645T is a Cessna 172E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1964. It has 4 seats. It is registered to J & J Aviation INC, a corporation in Martinsville, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 27, 2017 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 16, 1964.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172E · all 172Es 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 172 Skyhawk 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
- 17251545
- 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
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1964
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A738DF (octal 51634337)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 27, 2017
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 16, 1964
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00070486
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- J & J Aviation 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
- 106 Courtney Ter
Martinsville, VA 24112-5810
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.
Connections how N5645T links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk 20,693 registered
- Cessna 72,678 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental O-300 series 6,625 aircraft with this engine series · 145 hp
- J & J Aviation INC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Martinsville, VA 21 aircraft registered in this town
- Blue Ridge Airport · MTV
- Virginia 5,973 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 172 Skyhawk 88 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 172 Skyhawk 4,222 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 172 Skyhawk 857 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental O-300 series 7 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental O-300 series 38 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N5645T, 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 J & J Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 27, 2017, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated May 16, 1964, consistent with the 1964 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17251545 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5645T 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]
1 NTSB record under N5645T: Accident on April 22, 2024 at Ridgeway, VA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point while landing, which resulted in a runway overrun.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data