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A Cessna 172 Skyhawk, the same model family as N6317D
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N6317D

Cessna 172N

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTennessee

N6317D is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Jkg LLC, an LLC in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 12, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated June 9, 1979.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N · all 172Ns 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
17272715
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 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A844C4 (octal 52042304)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 12, 2024
Expires
February 28, 2031
Last FAA action
March 11, 2025
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 · June 9, 1979
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00681886

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Jkg LLC
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
1936 Memorial Blvd
Murfreesboro, TN 37129-1502

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

1970-09-24Snow S2B · Valid registration

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The public federal record on N6317D, 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 Jkg LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 12, 2024, expires February 28, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated June 9, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17272715 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N6317D was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Snow S2B (serial 1003, cancelled September 24, 1970). 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

3 NTSB records under N6317D: Accident on May 22, 2025 at Murfreesboro, TN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 11, 2003 at Carbondale, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 6, 1983 at Carbondale, IL: 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 3

ERA25LA213Accident on May 22, 2025 at Murfreesboro, TN: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while attempting to take off in a gusty crosswind, which resulted in a runway excursion.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CHI03LA103Accident on April 11, 2003 at Carbondale, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The pilot failed to properly recover from a bounced landing which resulted in the airplane porpoising.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CHI83LA427Accident on September 6, 1983 at Carbondale, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 172-72715

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

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 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data