Cessna 172P
N97984 is a Cessna 172P, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1984. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Clinton, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 29, 2015 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 13, 1984.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172P · all 172Ps and related versions
- Serial number
- 17276244
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1984
- Transponder code
- ADA8A1 (octal 53324241)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 29, 2015
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- March 13, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · September 13, 1984
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00631784
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Woody George R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 318 Citation Dr # 73
Clinton, AR 72031-6586
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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N97984, 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.
Valid registration to Woody George R, an individual, certificate issued October 29, 2015, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated September 13, 1984, consistent with the 1984 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17276244 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N97984 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Stinson 108-1 (serial 108-984, cancelled March 2, 1971). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
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]
4 NTSB records under N97984: Accident on April 19, 2001 at Torrance, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 17, 1991 at Maple Lake, MN: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 7, 1990 at St Cloud, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 4
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · operated under 091
The failure of the pilot-in-command to execute a proper landing flare, which resulted in an improper touchdown attitude and a subsequent loss of directional control. A factor in the accident was the difference between landing characteristics of the Katana and the Cessna 172, and the resulting habit interference for the pilot.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · operated under 091
THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
INADEQUATE VISUAL OUTLOOK BY THE PILOT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM THE LIGHT POLE. THE LOCATION OF THE POLE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A RELATED FACTOR.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
AIRCRAFT CONTROL WAS NOT MAINTAINED BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND DUE TO IMPROPER USE OF THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROLS.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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