{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1961-07-26","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2016-11-29","city":"CLACKAMAS","country_code":"US","county_code":"005","cruise_speed_mph":105,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17022","engine_horsepower":145,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"0-300 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-15","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072406","mode_s_code":"52623343","mode_s_hex":"AB26E3","model":"172B","n_number":"N8178X","name":"PAULSEN OLAF","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"SUNRIVER","damage":"SUBS","date":"2000-08-20","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"SEA00LA168","probable_cause":"The pilot's improper decision to continue the takeoff after the aircraft failed to climb or accelerate immediately after the initial liftoff. Factors were inadequate preflight planning, to include the pilot's failure to calculate takeoff performance data, trees off the departure end of the runway, a high density altitude environment, and wet, swampy/marshy terrain in the area where the pilot found it necessary to execute a precautionary/emergency landing.","registration":"N8178X","state":"OR","summary":"Accident on August 20, 2000 at Sunriver, OR: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8178X is a Cessna 172B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1961. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Clackamas, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 29, 2016 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 26, 1961.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Paulsen Olaf, an individual, certificate issued November 29, 2016, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate, dated July 26, 1961, consistent with the 1961 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17248678 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N8178X 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 N8178X: Accident on August 20, 2000 at Sunriver, OR: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"17248678","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"15491 SE OREGON TRAIL DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00990042","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8178X","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1961,"zip":"970155423"}