N9853Q is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172M built in 1975. The FAA cancelled the registration on March 12, 2014. The last status on file was "second notice for registration renewal".
Cessna 172M cancelled March 12, 2014
- Serial number
- 17265797
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 1975
- Last status
- Second notice for registration renewal
- Certificate issued
- March 26, 1985
- Last FAA action
- March 17, 2011
- Last owner
- Southeastern Minnesota Flying Club INC (Corporation)
Rochester, MN - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
NTSB accident and incident record under N9853Q
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172M · serial 17265797
The pilot’s spatial disorientation during the instrument approach in night, instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the airplane descending below decision height and impacting terrain outside the lateral limits of the localizer. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of recent instrument flight experience.
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