{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1968-09-30","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-08-11","city":"CHINO","country_code":"US","county_code":"071","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":"2032-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-08-11","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072430","mode_s_code":"52515327","mode_s_hex":"AA9AD7","model":"172K","n_number":"N78239","name":"DRACO FLIGHT SCHOOL DBA","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Stockton","damage":"SUBS","date":"2018-10-05","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"GAA19CA014","probable_cause":"The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.","registration":"N78239","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on October 5, 2018 at Stockton, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"GREENEVILLE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1991-09-15","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ATL91LA175","probable_cause":"THE INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT BY THE PILOT OF N78239, AND HIS FAILURE TO ACCURATELY JUDGE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO AIRCRAFT.  FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE THE DARK NIGHT CONDITIONS AND THE RESULTING VISUAL PERCEPTION OF AIRCRAFT LIGHTING IN DARK CONDITIONS.","registration":"N78239","state":"TN","summary":"Accident on September 15, 1991 at Greeneville, TN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"CHINO AVIATION FLIGHT TRAINING","plain_english":"N78239 is a Cessna 172K, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1968. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Draco Flight School DBA, a corporation in Chino, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 11, 2025 and expires on August 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 30, 1968.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Draco Flight School DBA, a corporation, certificate issued August 11, 2025, expires August 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated September 30, 1968, consistent with the 1968 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17257540 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N78239 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Globe GC-1B (serial 2239, cancelled March 8, 1949). 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 N78239: Accident on October 5, 2018 at Stockton, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 15, 1991 at Greeneville, 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"17257540","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"7000 MERRILL AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"00714910","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N78239","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1968,"zip":"917109091"}