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N701SP

Cessna 172S

N701SP is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1999. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Scandinavian Aviation Academy INC, a corporation in El Cajon, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 17, 2011 and expires on February 28, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 1, 1999. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172S · all 172Ss and related versions
Serial number
172S8192
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1999
Transponder code
A959E3 (octal 52254743)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 17, 2011
Expires
February 28, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · July 1, 1999
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00645692

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Scandinavian Aviation Academy INC
Type
Corporation
Address
1835 N Marshall Ave
El Cajon, CA 92020-1122

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Documents on file 1

2026-09-01Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Earlier use of this number 1

1981-08-31Cessna 182J · Valid registration

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N701SP, 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 Scandinavian Aviation Academy INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 17, 2011, expires February 28, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated July 1, 1999, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S8192 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N701SP was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 182J (serial 18257569, cancelled August 31, 1981). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 1, 2026). [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N701SP. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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