N61579 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172M built in 1975. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 7, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 172M cancelled September 7, 2017
- Serial number
- 17264654
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 1975
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- December 7, 2010
- Last FAA action
- December 7, 2010
- Last owner
- Millbrook Flight LLC (Corporation)
Poughquag, NY - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
Cessna UC-78 cancelled April 30, 1956
- Serial number
- 4577
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 2, 1954
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Dinsmore Robert C (Individual)
Flint, MI - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N61579
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172M · serial 17264654
The pilot’s loss of airplane control due to impairment or incapacitation as a result of coronary artery disease in combination with atrial fibrillation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to report his paroxysmal atrial fibrillation to the Federal Aviation Administration, which would have required follow-up testing that would likely have detected his undiagnosed coronary artery disease.
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