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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026
N99RT

Cessna P172D

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTennessee

N99RT is a Cessna P172D, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1962. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Tennessee Museum of Aviation INC, a corporation in Sevierville, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 17, 2004 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
P172D · all P172Ds and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna P172 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
P17257165
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor GO-300 SERIES · 175 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1962
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
ADD1D3 (octal 53350723)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 17, 2004
Expires
November 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 23, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00253520

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Tennessee Museum of Aviation INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
PO Box 5587
Sevierville, TN 37864-5587

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N99RT links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N99RT, 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 Tennessee Museum of Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 17, 2004, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial P17257165 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N99RT according to the deregistered file. [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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N99RT. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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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 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data