Cessna 172
N6261E is a Cessna 172, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1959. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Safety Harbor, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 1, 2013 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172 · all 172s and related versions
- Serial number
- 46361
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1959
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A82F07 (octal 52027407)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 1, 2013
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00451726
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lapic George R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1021 Main St
Safety Harbor, FL 34695-3481
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.
Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N6261E, 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 Lapic George R, an individual, certificate issued March 1, 2013, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 46361 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N6261E 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 N6261E: Accident on March 19, 2000 at New Brighton, PA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 31, 1998 at Valkaria, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusty wind conditions. A factor was the windshear encountered on final approach.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC00LA095 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
the pilot's inadequate preflight, and subsequent loss of engine power, due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted in a forced landing and impact with trees.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA98LA065 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data