{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2007-07-25","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2021-09-28","city":"LEWES","country_code":"US","county_code":"005","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Loan or lien (security agreement)","doc_type_code":"S/A","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-22"}],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41597","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-360-L2A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-10","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072439","mode_s_code":"50446637","mode_s_hex":"A24D9F","model":"172S","n_number":"N2479M","name":"ST THOMAS JET CENTER FLYING CLUB LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"CEDAR SPRINGS","damage":"DEST","date":"1992-10-17","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ATL93FA012","probable_cause":"THE PRIVATE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED ABOVE STALLING SPEED, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER ALTITUDE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT, LOW ALTITUDE STALL. A FACTOR WAS THE GUSTY WIND CONDITION AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.","registration":"N2479M","state":"GA","summary":"Accident on October 17, 1992 at Cedar Springs, GA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N2479M is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to St Thomas Jet Center Flying Club LLC, an LLC in Lewes, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 28, 2021 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 25, 2007. 1 document is on file: loan or lien (security agreement).","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to St Thomas Jet Center Flying Club LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 28, 2021, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S10581 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N2479M was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-12 (serial 121556, cancelled November 24, 1993). 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":"1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (September 22, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N2479M: Accident on October 17, 1992 at Cedar Springs, GA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). 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":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"172S10581","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"DE","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"16192 COASTAL HWY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00370909","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N2479M","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"199583608"}