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N96096

Cessna 152

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIllinois

N96096 is a Cessna 152, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1985. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Jwa Flight School LLC, an LLC in Bolingbrook, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 28, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated March 29, 1985.

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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
15286007
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
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
1985
Transponder code
AD5FD8 (octal 53257730)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
June 28, 2023
Expires
June 30, 2030
Last FAA action
June 28, 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 · March 29, 1985
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00821425

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Jwa Flight School LLC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
130 S Clow International Pkwy
Bolingbrook, IL 60490-5507
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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

1974-09-25Taylorcraft BCS12-D · exported to Canada · Valid registration

Connections how N96096 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 N96096, 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 Jwa Flight School LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 28, 2023, expires June 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility, dated March 29, 1985, consistent with the 1985 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 15286007 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N96096 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Taylorcraft BCS12-D (serial 8396, cancelled September 25, 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

1 NTSB record under N96096: Accident on November 14, 1989 at Front Royal, 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 1

BFO90LA010Accident on November 14, 1989 at Front Royal, VA: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

FAILURE OF THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI) TO MAINTAIN PROPER RUNWAY ALIGNMENT WITH THE RUNWAY. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: THE STUDENT PILOT'S HIGH AND FAST APPROACH, THE CFI'S DELAY IN INITIATING REMEDIAL ACTION, THE CROSSWIND, AND THE RUNWAYLIGHT.

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 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 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 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data