Cessna 172I
N8390L is a Cessna 172I, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1968. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Bliss Marketing Communications INC, a corporation in Phoenix, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 4, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 5, 1968.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172I · all 172Is and related versions
- Serial number
- 17256590
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1968
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- AB7C2C (octal 52676054)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 4, 2023
- Expires
- November 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- November 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · March 5, 1968
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00243181
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bliss Marketing Communications INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 302 W Townley Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85021-4565
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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 N8390L, 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 Bliss Marketing Communications INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 4, 2023, expires November 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated March 5, 1968, consistent with the 1968 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17256590 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8390L 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 N8390L: Accident on November 17, 2024 at Cordes Lakes, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172I · operated under 091
On November 17, 2024, about 0930 mountain standard time, a Cessna 172I, N8390L, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Cortes Lakes, Arizona. The pilot sustained minor injuries, and the passenger was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that while in cruise flight, he thought he heard the engine misfire and verified the engine instruments showed normal indications along with throttle and mixture control positions. The engine misfired again along with a decrease in RPM and perform…
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- 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