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A Cessna 152, the same model family as N95469
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N95469

Cessna 152

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOhio

N95469 is a Cessna 152, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1984. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Kent State University, a government body in Stow, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 25, 1990 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated September 10, 1984.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
152 · all 152s 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 152 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
15285899
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
Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1984
Transponder code
AD46CF (octal 53243317)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 25, 1990
Expires
August 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 3, 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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 10, 1984
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00222104

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Kent 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
4020 Kent Rd
Stow, OH 44224
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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

1974-06-05Douglas DC3 · Valid registration

Connections how N95469 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Stow, OH 44 aircraft registered in this town
  • Ohio 8,529 aircraft registered
Airworthiness
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N95469.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N95469, 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 Kent State University, a government body, certificate issued October 25, 1990, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility, dated September 10, 1984, consistent with the 1984 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 15285899 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N95469 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Douglas DC3 (serial 7350, cancelled June 5, 1974). 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 N95469: Accident on April 9, 2011 at Stow, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 16, 1987 at Kent, OH: 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

CEN11CA278Accident on April 9, 2011 at Stow, OH: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · operated under 091

The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

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

ATL87DEI10Accident on July 16, 1987 at Kent, OH: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · operated under 091

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data