Cessna 172K
N78254 is a Cessna 172K, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1968. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Bpk Holdings LLC, an LLC in Montesano, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 9, 2019 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 10, 1968.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172K · all 172Ks and related versions
- Serial number
- 17257547
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1968
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- AA9B18 (octal 52515430)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 9, 2019
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · October 10, 1968
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00574890
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bpk Holdings LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 373
Montesano, WA 98563-0373
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.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N78254, 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 Bpk Holdings LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 9, 2019, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated October 10, 1968, consistent with the 1968 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17257547 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N78254 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Globe GC-1B (serial 2254, cancelled January 2, 1952). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N78254: Accident on July 15, 2001 at Wasilla, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 19, 1989 at Eureka Lodge, AK: 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 172K · operated under 091
The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff roll.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC01LA085 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE HUMP (UNEVEN SURFACE) ON THE RUNWAY.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC89LA146 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