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A Cessna 177 Cardinal, the same model family as N727DC
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026
N727DC

Cessna 177B

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesFlorida

N727DC is a Cessna 177B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1974. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Spring Hill, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 7, 2019 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated April 6, 1974.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
177B · all 177Bs 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 177 Cardinal 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
17702086
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
1974
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A9BDDB (octal 52336733)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 7, 2019
Expires
October 31, 2029
Last FAA action
November 5, 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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 6, 1974
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00032683

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Calianno David
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
14325 Herring Holw
Spring Hill, FL 34609-0513

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 2

2014-05-15Diamond Aircraft DA 40 · exported to Belarus · Valid registration
2001-05-03Bellanca 17-30A · Valid registration

Connections how N727DC links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Spring Hill, FL 98 aircraft registered in this town
  • Florida 21,702 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N727DC, 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 Calianno David, an individual, certificate issued October 7, 2019, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated April 6, 1974, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17702086 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N727DC was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Diamond Aircraft DA 40 (serial 40.762, cancelled May 15, 2014); Bellanca 17-30A (serial 79-30946, cancelled May 3, 2001). 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

1 NTSB record under N727DC: Accident on September 25, 1998 at Alpine, TX: 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 1

FTW98LA418Accident on September 25, 1998 at Alpine, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 79-30946

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 17-30A · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane for undetermined reasons. A factor was the loose gravel composition of the runway.

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 November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data