Cessna 172M
N622DL is a Cessna 172M, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1975. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Colorado Aircraft CORP, a corporation in Watkins, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on and expires on . It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 13, 1975.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172M · all 172Ms 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
- 17264853
- 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 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A81E01 (octal 52017001)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- —
- Expires
- —
- Last FAA action
- August 10, 2024
- 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 · March 13, 1975
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00451456
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Colorado Aircraft CORP
- 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
- PO Box 372
Watkins, CO 80137-0372
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 N622DL links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk 20,686 registered
- Cessna 72,677 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-320 series 27,303 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Colorado Aircraft CORP 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to August 20, 2027
- Watkins, CO 50 aircraft registered in this town
- Colorado 7,486 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 Lycoming O-320 series 30 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320 series 349 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Door Frame, unknown · 2010-04-24
- Report filed on this aircraft: Skin, damaged · 2010-04-07
- Report filed on this aircraft: Frame, corroded · 2010-04-07
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The public federal record on N622DL, 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 Colorado Aircraft CORP, a corporation, certificate issued , expires date not given. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated March 13, 1975, consistent with the 1975 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17264853 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N622DL 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]
2 NTSB records under N622DL: Accident on September 5, 2006 at San Juan, PR: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 20, 1996 at Fairbanks, AK: no injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing B757-232 · operated under 121
the first officer's inadvertent application of full nose-up trim during a prolonged flare, resulting in an excessive pitch angle during landing and subsequent tailstrike. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's failure to correct the airplane's drift from the centerline approach course during short final approach, leading to the prolonged flare, and their improper decision to perform a practice autoland approach using a restricted procedure.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 757-232 · operated under 121
inadequate visual lookout by the flightcrew of the Delta Boeing 757, N622DL, and their failure to follow procedures and directives by not closely following the ramp marshals' signals.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 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 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data