{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2006-06-21","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"WILMINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"003","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":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-06-20","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072439","mode_s_code":"51754643","mode_s_hex":"A7D9A3","model":"172S","n_number":"N6048Z","name":"REGISTRATION PENDING","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Compton","damage":"SUBS","date":"2008-10-06","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR09CA273","probable_cause":"The pilot's improper flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.","registration":"N6048Z","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on October 6, 2008 at Compton, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N6048Z is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2006. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wilmington, Delaware. The FAA lists the registration as \"registration pending\". It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated June 21, 2006. 1 document is on file: loan or lien (security agreement).","records_check":[{"finding":"Registration status is \"Registration pending\". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated June 21, 2006, consistent with the 2006 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 172S10217 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N6048Z was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-25-150 (serial 25-55, cancelled September 12, 1975). 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 N6048Z: Accident on October 6, 2008 at Compton, CA: 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":"172S10217","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"DE","status":"Registration pending","status_code":"R","status_short":"Pending","street":"5305 LIMESTONE RD STE 200","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00260339","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N6048Z","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2006,"zip":"198081247"}