{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1972-08-24","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-08-04","city":"CHINO","country_code":"US","county_code":"071","cruise_speed_mph":108,"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":"2033-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-08-04","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072418","mode_s_code":"52333206","mode_s_hex":"A9B686","model":"172M","n_number":"N725EC","name":"DRACO FLIGHT SCHOOL INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Hite","damage":"SUBS","date":"2002-06-29","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN02LA066","probable_cause":"the pilot's improper in-flight planning resulting in fuel exhaustion.  A factor relating to the accident was the unsuitable terrain encountered during the forced landing attempt.","registration":"N725EC","state":"UT","summary":"Accident on June 29, 2002 at Hite, UT: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N725EC is a Cessna 172M, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1972. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Draco Flight School INC, a corporation in Chino, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 4, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 24, 1972.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Draco Flight School INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 4, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated August 24, 1972, consistent with the 1972 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17260842 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N725EC according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N725EC: Accident on June 29, 2002 at Hite, UT: 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"17260842","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"7000 MERRILL AVE STE 33","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"00071507","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N725EC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1972,"zip":"917109088"}