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A Cessna 172 Skyhawk, the same model family as N8213L
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N8213L

Cessna 172H

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesFlorida

N8213L 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 Training Planes LLC, an LLC in Tampa, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 26, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 24, 1967.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172H · all 172Hs and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna 172 Skyhawk family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
17256413
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1967
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AB375E (octal 52633536)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 26, 2026
Expires
September 30, 2033
Last FAA action
September 26, 2026
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 24, 1967
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00043761

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Training Planes LLC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
18010 Wynthorne Dr
Tampa, FL 33647-3191
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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N8213L links to the rest of the register

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The public federal record on N8213L, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Training Planes LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 26, 2026, expires September 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated July 24, 1967, consistent with the 1967 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17256413 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N8213L according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N8213L: Accident on March 18, 1990 at Andover, NJ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

NYC90LA079Accident on March 18, 1990 at Andover, NJ: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 17254413

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172H · operated under 091

THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER ENCOUNTER WITH TURBULENCE DURING LANDING.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data