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A Cessna 172 Skyhawk, the same model family as N6194V
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N6194V

Cessna 172S

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesDelaware

N6194V is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2008. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Christiansen Aviation LLC, an LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 1, 2022 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 24, 2008.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172S · all 172Ss 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 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
172S10771
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 · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2008
Transponder code
A81325 (octal 52011445)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 1, 2022
Expires
September 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 2, 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 · July 24, 2008
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01008672

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Christiansen Aviation LLC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
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 2

2005-05-31Raytheon Aircraft Company B200 · exported to France · Valid registration
1981-12-24Lake LA-4-200 · Valid registration

Connections how N6194V links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N6194V, 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 Christiansen Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 1, 2022, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated July 24, 2008, consistent with the 2008 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S10771 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N6194V was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Raytheon Aircraft Company B200 (serial BB-1874, cancelled May 31, 2005); Lake LA-4-200 (serial 847, cancelled December 24, 1981). 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 N6194V: Accident on February 14, 2012 at Eufaula, AL: 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

ERA12CA185Accident on February 14, 2012 at Eufaula, AL: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172S · operated under 091

An inadvertent collision with a deer during a night landing.

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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data