{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1978-11-10","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2009-01-14","city":"EL CAJON","country_code":"US","county_code":"073","cruise_speed_mph":105,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-06-24","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072434","mode_s_code":"51526335","mode_s_hex":"A6ACDD","model":"172N","n_number":"N5291E","name":"BRESLIN DENIS M","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"NASHVILLE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1996-08-09","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ATL96LA118","probable_cause":"inadequate annual inspection by other maintenance personnel and inadequate pre-flight inspection by the pilot.","registration":"N5291E","state":"TN","summary":"Accident on August 9, 1996 at Nashville, TN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N5291E is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in El Cajon, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 14, 2009 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated November 10, 1978.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Breslin Denis M, an individual, certificate issued January 14, 2009, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated November 10, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17271820 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N5291E was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 180B (serial 50591, cancelled May 22, 1965). 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 N5291E: Accident on August 9, 1996 at Nashville, TN: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"17271820","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"894 SINGING TRAILS DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00092635","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N5291E","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1978,"zip":"920192756"}