Cessna 172RG
N6562V is a Cessna 172RG, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Aero-Sphere INC, a corporation in Longmont, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 9, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 11, 1980.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172RG · all 172RGs 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
- 172RG0775
- 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 O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1980
- Transponder code
- A8A5B6 (octal 52122666)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 9, 2026
- Expires
- September 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- September 9, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 11, 1980
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00412706
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Aero-Sphere 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
- 229 Airport Rd H31A
Longmont, CO 80503
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N6562V 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-360 / VO-360 series 11,929 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Aero-Sphere INC 5 aircraft in the fleet
- Longmont, CO 160 aircraft registered in this town
- Vance Brand Airport · LMO
- 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
- Report filed on this aircraft: Seal, leaking · 2008-02-07
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The public federal record on N6562V, 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 Aero-Sphere INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 9, 2026, expires September 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated December 11, 1980, consistent with the 1980 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172RG0775 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N6562V 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]
3 NTSB records under N6562V: Accident on February 7, 2008 at Chamblee, GA: no injuries, substantial damage. Incident on May 11, 2004 at Chamblee, GA: no injuries. Accident on May 17, 1998 at Roberta, GA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna C-172RG · operated under 091
A cracked nose gear actuator o-ring resulting in hydraulic fluid exhaustion, and collapse of the main gear.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172RG · operated under 091
The fatigue fracture of the nosewheel bungee assembly, which restricted the movement of the elevator control. A factor was the inadequate equipment from an unknown source/manufacturer.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172RG · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compliance with the emergency procedures for his failure to completely pump the main landing gear into the down and locked position. Contributing to the accident was the reported loss of electrical power for undetermined reasons.
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