Cessna 172H
N8078L is a Cessna 172H, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1967. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hawkestone. The FAA lists the registration as "sale reported". It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 22, 1967.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172H · all 172Hs and related versions
- Serial number
- 17256278
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1967
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- AAFF59 (octal 52577531)
Registration
- Status
- Sale reported
- Certificate issued
- —
- Expires
- —
- Last FAA action
- July 16, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · September 22, 1967
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00230462
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sale Reported
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1279 Line 11 N
Hawkestone, LOL 1T0
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.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N8078L, 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.
Registration status is "Sale reported". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated September 22, 1967, consistent with the 1967 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17256278 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8078L according to the deregistered file. [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 N8078L: Accident on August 28, 2025 at Goliad, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 16, 1995 at Atkinson, NE: 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 172H · operated under 091
On August 27, 2025, about 1904 central daylight time, a Cessna 172H airplane, N8078L, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Goliad, Texas. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he conducted a preflight inspection with no anomalies noted, and the airplane contained about 10 gallons of 100LL aviation fuel in each wing tank. During the initial climb when the airplane reached about 300 ft above ground level, the engine lost partial power. The pilot adjusted the th…
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN25LA360 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172H · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY COMPENSATE FOR THE GUSTY CROSSWIND. THE WIND WAS A FACTOR.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI95LA103 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data