N8405E is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172N built in 1979. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 24, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 172N cancelled September 24, 2013
- Serial number
- 17272195
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1979
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- October 14, 2003
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 2009
- Last owner
- Tulip City Air Service INC (Corporation)
Holland, MI - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
Bell 47J-2 cancelled March 21, 1963
- Serial number
- 1804
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1960
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- South Africa
- Certificate issued
- August 19, 1960
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Bell Helicopter CO (Corporation)
Fort Worth, TX - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N8405E
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · serial 17272195
The pilot's decision to take off in known instrument meteorological conditions without instrument currency or recent instrument experience, which led to spatial disorientation resulting in an inadvertent spin. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of adequate rest prior to the flight.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site