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N9504H

Cessna 172M

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N9504H is a Cessna 172M, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1975. It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Murphy, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 21, 2011 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated November 6, 1975.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172M · all 172Ms and related versions
Serial number
17266184
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
Power
Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1975
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
AD3793 (octal 53233623)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
Certificate issued
April 21, 2011
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
October 20, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 6, 1975
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00174650

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Patterson Clifford Wayne
Type
Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
Address
119 Wentwood Dr
Murphy, TX 75094-4418
Co-owners
Keltner Eric R / Patterson Harla J

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

1951-03-07Consolidated Vultee SNV-1 · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N9504H, 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 Patterson Clifford Wayne, a co-owned, certificate issued April 21, 2011, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated November 6, 1975, consistent with the 1975 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17266184 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N9504H was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Consolidated Vultee SNV-1 (serial 2199, cancelled March 7, 1951). 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

2 NTSB records under N9504H: Accident on April 21, 2009 at Corona, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 14, 1997 at Vero Beach, FL: 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 2

WPR09CA206Accident on April 21, 2009 at Corona, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The pilot's improper landing flare.

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

MIA97LA165Accident on May 14, 1997 at Vero Beach, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

failure of the pilot to ensure all articles in the aircraft were secured before flight, and subsequently, an oil can becoming lodged under the rudder pedals and preventing her from controlling the aircraft 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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data