N78690 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172K built in 1968. The FAA cancelled the registration on March 21, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 172K cancelled March 21, 2017
- Serial number
- 17257720
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 1968
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- April 22, 2002
- Last FAA action
- July 29, 2008
- Last owner
- Stratos Aviation INC (Corporation)
Lubbock, TX - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
Piper PA-11 cancelled October 24, 1955
- Serial number
- 11-1457
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1947
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 17, 1951
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Poteet Norman M (Individual)
Phoenix, AZ - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N78690
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172K · serial 17257720
The student pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision, which resulted in a loss of engine power while on approach to land, and subsequent off-airport landing.
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