Cessna 172B
N8178X is a Cessna 172B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1961. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Clackamas, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 29, 2016 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 26, 1961.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172B · all 172Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 17248678
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1961
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- AB26E3 (octal 52623343)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 29, 2016
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · July 26, 1961
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00990042
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Paulsen Olaf
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 15491 SE Oregon Trail Dr
Clackamas, OR 97015-5423
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N8178X, 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 Paulsen Olaf, an individual, certificate issued November 29, 2016, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated July 26, 1961, consistent with the 1961 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17248678 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8178X 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]
1 NTSB record under N8178X: Accident on August 20, 2000 at Sunriver, OR: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172B · operated under 091
The pilot's improper decision to continue the takeoff after the aircraft failed to climb or accelerate immediately after the initial liftoff. Factors were inadequate preflight planning, to include the pilot's failure to calculate takeoff performance data, trees off the departure end of the runway, a high density altitude environment, and wet, swampy/marshy terrain in the area where the pilot found it necessary to execute a precautionary/emergency landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA00LA168 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