Cessna 152
N6596P is a Cessna 152, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1981. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Ace Aircraft Leasing INC, a corporation in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 22, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated April 3, 1981.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 152 · all 152s 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 152 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
- 15285036
- 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 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1981
- Transponder code
- A8B161 (octal 52130541)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 22, 2026
- Expires
- April 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- April 22, 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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 3, 1981
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00532816
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ace Aircraft Leasing 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
- 4483 Oakwood Ln
Nazareth, PA 18064-9804
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N6596P links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 152 1,636 registered
- Cessna 72,684 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-235 series 6,131 aircraft with this engine series · 115 hp
- Ace Aircraft Leasing INC 15 aircraft in the fleet
- Nazareth, PA 28 aircraft registered in this town
- Pennsylvania 6,188 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 152 19 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 152 754 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 152 148 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-235 series 13 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-235 series 20 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N6596P, 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 Ace Aircraft Leasing INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 22, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for utility, dated April 3, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 15285036 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N6596P 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 N6596P: Accident on April 29, 1996 at Chandler, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 21, 1993 at Glendale, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · operated under 091
the pilot's misjudged flare, improper bounced landing recovery, and failure to maintain directional control.
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · operated under 091
THE STUDENT PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE AND RECOVERY FROM THE ENSUING BOUNCED LANDING.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data