N6479D is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172N built in 1979. The FAA cancelled the registration on August 23, 2012. The last status on file was "registration pending, canceled". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 172N cancelled August 23, 2012
- Serial number
- 17272827
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1979
- Last status
- Registration pending, canceled
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- February 18, 1999
- Last owner
- Registration Pending (Individual)
Los Angeles, CA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
Navion NAVION A cancelled February 2, 1971
- Serial number
- 47-1322
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 21, 1960
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Department Of The Army (Government)
Fort Sill, OK - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N6479D
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172N · serial 17272827
the failure of both flight crews to see and avoid the other airplane while operating in the traffic pattern, which resulted in a mid-air collision. A contributing factor was the failure of the arriving aircraft to comply with air traffic control requests by not issuing a position report.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site