{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1962-04-28","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-01-29","city":"SCHENECTADY","country_code":"US","county_code":"093","cruise_speed_mph":105,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17022","engine_horsepower":145,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"0-300 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-01-29","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072408","mode_s_code":"50172530","mode_s_hex":"A0F558","model":"172C","n_number":"N1609Y","name":"MAPES STEVEN J","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Argyle","damage":"SUBS","date":"2025-02-20","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA25LA123","probable_cause":"The mechanic\u2019s incorrect installation of the oil temperature gauge probe in the oil filter adapter and failure to test run the engine for oil leaks after the installation, which resulted in a total loss of oil and the pilot\u2019s decision to perform a precautionary landing. Contributing was the pilot\u2019s long/fast landing, which resulted in a runway overrun.","registration":"N1609Y","state":"NY","summary":"Accident on February 20, 2025 at Argyle, NY: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N1609Y is a Cessna 172C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1962. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Schenectady, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 29, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 28, 1962.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Mapes Steven J, an individual, certificate issued January 29, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated April 28, 1962, consistent with the 1962 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17249309 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N1609Y according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N1609Y: Accident on February 20, 2025 at Argyle, NY: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"17249309","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NY","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"397 CONSAUL RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00731930","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N1609Y","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1962,"zip":"123042521"}