N78149 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172K built in 1968. The FAA cancelled the registration on January 24, 2018. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 172K cancelled January 24, 2018
- Serial number
- 17257502
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 1968
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- January 29, 1998
- Last FAA action
- January 19, 2010
- Last owner
- Hagerstown Aircraft Services INC (Corporation)
Hagerstown, MD - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
Globe GC-1B cancelled April 17, 1951
- Serial number
- 2149
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 9, 1948
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Reliance Electric & Engineering CO (Corporation)
Cleveland, OH - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N78149
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · serial 17257502
the private pilot's inadvertently stalling the airplane immediately after takeoff. A related factor was the pilot's improper procedures during lift-off.
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