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A Cessna 172 Skyhawk, the same model family as N9525V
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N9525V

Cessna 172R

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesVirginia

N9525V is a Cessna 172R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1998. It has 4 seats. It is registered to First Eclipse LTD, a non-citizen corporation in Richmond, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 19, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated January 19, 1998.

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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
17280315
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 I0360 SER A&C · 200 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1998
Transponder code
AD3F30 (octal 53237460)

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 19, 2023
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
April 19, 2023
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 · January 19, 1998
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00487001

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
First Eclipse LTD
Type
Non-citizen corporationFAA type of owner code 8 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1426 Westover Gardens Blvd
Richmond, VA 23225-4137

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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

1978-06-01Mooney M10 · Valid registration

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N9525V, 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 First Eclipse LTD, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued April 19, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated January 19, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17280315 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N9525V was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mooney M10 (serial 700015, cancelled June 1, 1978). 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 N9525V: Accident on February 4, 2019 at Hanover, VA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 27, 2002 at Richmond, VA: 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

GAA19CA130Accident on February 4, 2019 at Hanover, VA: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The student pilot's improper decision to release the seat latch to adjust the seat position during taxi, which resulted in his inability to reach the rudder or brake pedals and a subsequent loss of directional control and impact with a ditch and fence.

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NYC02LA053Accident on January 27, 2002 at Richmond, VA: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. A factor in the accident was the pilot improper flare.

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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data