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A Cessna 172 Skyhawk, the same model family as N8283L
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N8283L

Cessna 172H

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesConnecticut

N8283L is a Cessna 172H, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Oxford, Connecticut. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 27, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 7, 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
17256483
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
Not given
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AB515F (octal 52650537)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 27, 2024
Expires
April 30, 2031
Last FAA action
April 27, 2024
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 · August 7, 1967
FAA region
New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00963551

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Chapin Devon S
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
47 Long Meadow Rd
Oxford, CT 06478-1112

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N8283L links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N8283L, 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 Chapin Devon S, an individual, certificate issued April 27, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17256483 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N8283L 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N8283L. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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