N9730H is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172M built in 1975. The FAA cancelled the registration on January 10, 2011. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 172M cancelled January 10, 2011
- Serial number
- 17266338
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 1975
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- December 3, 1993
- Last FAA action
- March 16, 2010
- Last owner
- Whidbey Island Navy Flying Club (Government)
Oak Harbor, WA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
Consolidated Vultee BT-13A cancelled February 14, 1956
- Serial number
- 7689
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 3, 1949
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Stenoff Phillip JR (Individual)
Sharon, PA - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N9730H
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · serial 17266338
The pilot’s failure to attain an adequate climb airspeed due to his use of flaps for takeoff, and his selection of a runway, which resulted in an uphill, and possibly downwind, takeoff and subsequent collision with a known obstacle. Contributing to the accident was the operator's cockpit checklist that did not accurately reflect the manufacturer's takeoff procedures.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site