Cessna 172B
N7509X is a Cessna 172B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1960. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Easton, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 19, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated October 31, 1960.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172B · all 172Bs 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
- 17248009
- 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 · Cont Motor 0-300-D · 145 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1960
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- AA1DB2 (octal 52416662)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 19, 2024
- Expires
- February 28, 2031
- Last FAA action
- February 19, 2024
- 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 · October 31, 1960
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00132717
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Russell Adam
- 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
- 156 Mahany Rd
Easton, ME 04740-4347
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N7509X links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk 20,691 registered
- Cessna 72,676 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental O-300-D 31 aircraft with this engine series · 145 hp
- Easton, ME 5 aircraft registered in this town
- Maine 1,425 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
- FAA orders naming the Continental O-300-D 11 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental O-300-D 87 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N7509X, 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 Russell Adam, an individual, certificate issued February 19, 2024, expires February 28, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated October 31, 1960, consistent with the 1960 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17248009 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N7509X 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]
1 NTSB record under N7509X: Accident on June 17, 2023 at San Angelo, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172B · operated under 091
A partial loss of engine power due to loose bolts holding the carburetor throttle body to the fuel bowl.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 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 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data