Cessna 120
N76284 is a Cessna 120, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in East Newport, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 26, 2018 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated June 7, 1956.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 120 · all 120s and related versions
- Serial number
- 10698
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1946
- Cruising speed
- 90 mph
- Transponder code
- AA4C83 (octal 52446203)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 26, 2018
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 2, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · June 7, 1956
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 00573227
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Boss Christopher S
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 28
East Newport, ME 04933-0028
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.
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The public federal record on N76284, 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 Boss Christopher S, an individual, certificate issued July 26, 2018, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 7, 1956, 10 years after the 1946 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 10698 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N76284 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 N76284: Accident on September 18, 2016 at Davis, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 11, 1993 at Santa Ynez, CA: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 120 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and noseover. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the seatbelt anchor bracket.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA16LA525 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S POOR PROCEDURES AND FAILURE TO FLY TO AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT. FACTORS RELATING TO THIS ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE, ENCOUNTER WITH UNFAVORABLE WINDS, AND THE DARK NIGHT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX93LA213 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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