N73859 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172N built in 1976. The FAA cancelled the registration on July 7, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 172N cancelled July 7, 2017
- Serial number
- 17267727
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1976
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- September 28, 1998
- Last FAA action
- October 31, 2001
- Last owner
- Desert Pacific Aviation INC (Corporation)
Scottsdale, AZ - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
Douglas C-47 cancelled March 22, 1962
- Serial number
- 43-49196
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Spain
- Certificate issued
- January 10, 1962
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Charlotte Aircraft CORP (Corporation)
Charlotte, NC - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N73859
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172N · serial 17267727
Failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft while retracting the flaps during a touch-and-go.
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