N80542 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172M built in 1976. The FAA cancelled the registration on May 13, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 172M cancelled May 13, 2013
- Serial number
- 17266646
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 1976
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- September 19, 1988
- Last FAA action
- October 5, 1991
- Last owner
- Barber Robert W (Individual)
Mobile, AL - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
Globe GC-1A cancelled June 8, 1949
- Serial number
- 45
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1946
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 8, 1946
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Skylane Sale & Service INC (Corporation)
Staten Island, NY - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N80542
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172M · serial 17266646
CONTINUED FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC). CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING, WEATHER CONDITIONS, PILOT'S LACK OF INSTRUMENT FLIGHT TIME, LACK OF VISUAL CUES AT NIGHT, AND TREES AT THE CRASH SITE.
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