N78035 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172K built in 1968. The FAA cancelled the registration on July 9, 2002. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office".
Cessna 172K cancelled July 9, 2002
- Serial number
- 17257468
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 1968
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- March 24, 1987
- Last FAA action
- February 16, 2000
- Last owner
- Richards Charles Kenneth (Individual)
Lyons, CO - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
NTSB accident and incident record under N78035
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172K · serial 17257468
the pilot's intentional suicidal flight into terrain. Contributing factors were the pilot's psychological depressive state, and his use of inappropriate medication.
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