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A Cessna 162, the same model family as N6003F
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 28, 2026
N6003F

Cessna Aircraft Co 162

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N6003F is a Cessna Aircraft Co 162, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Ionaj INC, a corporation in San Francisco, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 22, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated September 7, 2011.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna Aircraft Co
Model
162 · all 162s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna 162 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
16200125
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 · Cont Motor O-200 · 100 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A7CA06 (octal 51745006)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 22, 2024
Expires
April 30, 2031
Last FAA action
April 22, 2024
Airworthiness
Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AirplaneFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 7, 2011
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01072922

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ionaj 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
399 Fremont St Unit 3701
San Francisco, CA 94105-2357

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

2004-11-02Commander Aircraft Co 114-B · exported to United Kingdom · Valid registration

Connections how N6003F links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
  • Ionaj INC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
Place
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N6003F.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N6003F, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Ionaj INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 22, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Light sport certificate for airplane; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 16200125 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N6003F was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Commander Aircraft Co 114-B (serial 14590, cancelled November 2, 2004). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N6003F: Accident on May 25, 2024 at Livermore, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

WPR24LA163Accident on May 25, 2024 at Livermore, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna Aircraft CO 162 · operated under 091

The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and abnormal contact with the runway. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot’s improper landing flare and go-around.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data