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N780JA, a Cessna 172S
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N780JA

Cessna 172S

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesFlorida

N780JA is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2007. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Phoenix East Aviation LLC, an LLC in Daytona Beach, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 23, 2024 and expires on November 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated April 23, 2007.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172S · all 172Ss 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 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
172S10476
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 IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
2007
Transponder code
AA914F (octal 52510517)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 23, 2024
Expires
November 30, 2031
Last FAA action
November 23, 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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 23, 2007
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00328699

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Phoenix East Aviation LLC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
561 Pearl Harbor Dr
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3845
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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N780JA links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N780JA, 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 Phoenix East Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 23, 2024, expires November 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated April 23, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S10476 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N780JA according to the deregistered file. [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

2 NTSB records under N780JA: Accident on May 30, 2018 at Payson, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Incident on September 3, 1984 at Washington, DC: no injuries, minor 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 2

GAA18CA313Accident on May 30, 2018 at Payson, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091

The pilot’s failure to maintain yaw control during a short-field takeoff in high-density altitude conditions.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

BFO84IA005Incident on September 3, 1984 at Washington, DC: no injuries, minor damage.serial on NTSB record: 49126

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-80 · operated under 121

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 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 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 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data