Cessna 172M
N9946Q is a Cessna 172M, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1975. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Horizon Aviation LLC, an LLC in Sinclair, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 4, 2014 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 20, 1975.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172M · all 172Ms and related versions
- Serial number
- 17265890
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- ADE4B8 (octal 53362270)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 4, 2014
- Expires
- June 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · September 20, 1975
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 00113390
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Horizon Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 73
Sinclair, ME 04779-0073
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N9946Q, 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 Horizon Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 4, 2014, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated September 20, 1975, consistent with the 1975 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17265890 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9946Q according to the deregistered file. [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]
2 NTSB records under N9946Q: Accident on July 8, 2022 at South Portland, ME: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 14, 1989 at Palmyra, PA: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172M · operated under 091
The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Also causal was the flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA22LA303 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172M · operated under 091
THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE AIRSPEED AND DISTANCE DURING THE LANDING.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC89LA117 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data