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N9837L

Cessna 172P

Valid Delaware

N9837L is a Cessna 172P, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1986. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Ial CORP, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 12, 2021 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 22, 1986.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172P · all 172Ps and related versions
Serial number
17276629
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1986
Transponder code
ADB9A1 (octal 53334641)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 12, 2021
Expires
March 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · May 22, 1986
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00670457

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ial CORP
Type
Corporation
Address
3511 Silverside Rd Ste 105
Wilmington, DE 19810-4902

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

1963-12-26Cessna 320B · exported to Argentina · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N9837L, 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 Ial CORP, a corporation, certificate issued March 12, 2021, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated May 22, 1986, consistent with the 1986 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17276629 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N9837L was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 320B (serial 320B0037, cancelled December 26, 1963). 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 N9837L: Accident on August 9, 2019 at Chicago, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 2, 1991 at Rattlesnake Isl, OH: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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

GAA19CA558Accident on August 9, 2019 at Chicago, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, porpoised landing.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA19CA558 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

NYC91FA055Accident on January 2, 1991 at Rattlesnake Isl, OH: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).

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

THE CFI'S DELAYED DECISION TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND FROM A LONG LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC91FA055 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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