Cessna 152
N61GS is a Cessna 152, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1978. It has 2 seats. It is registered to G&M Aircraft INC, a corporation in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 30, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated March 22, 1978.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 152 · all 152s 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 152 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
- 15281609
- 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 · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1978
- Transponder code
- A7ED0C (octal 51766414)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 30, 2026
- Expires
- March 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- October 26, 2026
- 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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 22, 1978
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00272676
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- G&M Aircraft 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
- 4224 Vivian St
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
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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 1
Connections how N61GS links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 152 1,637 registered
- Cessna 72,685 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-235 series 6,133 aircraft with this engine series · 115 hp
- G&M Aircraft INC 24 aircraft in the fleet
- Wheat Ridge, CO 66 aircraft registered in this town
- Colorado 7,454 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 152 19 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 152 754 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 152 148 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-235 series 13 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-235 series 20 reports since 1995
- Where N61GS is now · Last seen yesterday at 6:56 pm.
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The public federal record on N61GS, 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 G&M Aircraft INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 30, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for utility, dated March 22, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 15281609 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N61GS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Shoaf George S CHRISTEN EAGLE II (serial SHOAF0001, cancelled August 26, 1997). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N61GS: Accident on April 29, 1997 at Half Moon Bay, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Shoaf CHRISTEN EAGLE II · operated under 091
undetermined.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data