{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"WICHITA","country_code":"US","county_code":"173","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-30","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-10-19","maker":"Textron Aviation Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"TEXTRON AVIATION INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072449","mode_s_code":"50221075","mode_s_hex":"A1223D","model":"172S","n_number":"N172ST","name":"TEXTRON AVIATION INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Burbank","damage":"SUBS","date":"2008-08-30","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"SEA08LA191","probable_cause":"The pilot's improper preflight and in-flight planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.  Contributing to the accident were the pilot's loss of situational awareness while conducting the normal and emergency checklists during his turn from base to final approach, and the dark night condition.","registration":"N172ST","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on August 30, 2008 at Burbank, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"MESA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1994-08-22","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"LAX94LA334","probable_cause":"THE STUDENT PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL BY HIS IMPROPER USE OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS.  FACTORS RELATED TO THIS ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE AND THE CROSSWIND.","registration":"N172ST","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on August 22, 1994 at Mesa, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N172ST is a Textron Aviation Inc 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Textron Aviation INC, a corporation in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on  and expires on . No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Textron Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued , expires date not given. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S13635 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N172ST was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172N (serial 17271289, cancelled September 4, 2009). 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":"2 NTSB records under N172ST: Accident on August 30, 2008 at Burbank, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 22, 1994 at Mesa, AZ: minor 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"172S13635","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"KS","status":"Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate","status_code":"M","status_short":"Valid (manufacturer)","street":"1 CESSNA BLVD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01582548","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N172ST","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"672151400"}