{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2023-10-20","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-01-13","city":"MAXWELL AFB","country_code":"US","county_code":"101","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41597","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-360-L2A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-01-13","maker":"Textron Aviation Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"TEXTRON AVIATION INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072449","mode_s_code":"50207631","mode_s_hex":"A10F99","model":"172S","n_number":"N168CA","name":"CIVIL AIR PATROL","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"ORLANDO","damage":"SUBS","date":"1996-06-23","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MIA96FA162","probable_cause":"the aircraft manufacture's inadequate written procedures in the airplane flight manual/quick reference handbook, which resulted in a failure of the landing gear to extend and a wheels up emergency landing, due to hydraulic blockage in the landing gear solenoid valve.  Factors relating to the accident were: the chafed and ruptured hydraulic line and the subsequent hydraulic leak, which resulted in loss of hydraulic pressure and an inoperative normal landing gear extension system.","registration":"N168CA","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on June 23, 1996 at Orlando, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N168CA is a Textron Aviation Inc 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2023. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Civil Air Patrol, a corporation in Maxwell Afb, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 13, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 20, 2023.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Civil Air Patrol, a corporation, certificate issued January 13, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated October 20, 2023, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S13068 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N168CA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Embraer EMB-120RT (serial 120168, cancelled March 1, 2001). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"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 N168CA: Accident on June 23, 1996 at Orlando, FL: 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"172S13068","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"105 S HANSELL ST BLDG 714","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01420687","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N168CA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2023,"zip":"361125937"}