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A Cessna 172 Skyhawk, the same model family as N9202U
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N9202U

Cessna 172R

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOklahoma

N9202U is a Cessna 172R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2012. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Oklahoma State University, a government body in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 24, 2013 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 10, 2012.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172R · all 172Rs 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
17281622
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 · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
2012
Transponder code
ACC0DB (octal 53140333)

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 24, 2013
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
June 21, 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 · December 10, 2012
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01090959

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Oklahoma State University (university or college with a flight programme: its whole fleet and safety record)
Type
GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
3020 N Hargis Rd
Stillwater, OK 74075-1041
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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

2005-12-30Cessna 150M · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N9202U links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N9202U, 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 Oklahoma State University, a government body, certificate issued April 24, 2013, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated December 10, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17281622 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N9202U was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150M (serial 15078153, cancelled December 30, 2005). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N9202U: Accident on October 14, 2005 at Morgantown, NC: 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

ATL06CA005Accident on October 14, 2005 at Morgantown, NC: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 15078153

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 150M · operated under 091

The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing,resulting in a loss of directional control and nose over.

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 November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data