Cessna 172R
N996RA is a Cessna 172R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1998. It has 4 seats. It is registered to N996Ra LLC, an LLC in Palm City, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 15, 2022 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 16, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172R · all 172Rs and related versions
- Serial number
- 17280404
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER A&C · 200 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1998
- Transponder code
- ADEA65 (octal 53365145)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 15, 2022
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · March 16, 1998
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00686981
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- N996Ra LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 5905 SW Mapp Rd
Palm City, FL 34990-4116
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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 N996RA, 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 N996Ra LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 15, 2022, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated March 16, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17280404 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N996RA 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]
1 NTSB record under N996RA: Accident on July 10, 2021 at Petaluma, CA: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172R · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing following a partial loss of electrical power. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s distraction and hampered visual function.
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 September 30, 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