Cessna 172 Skyhawk
20,669 on the U.S. register across 19 versions the FAA records separately. Built from 1956 to 2026; half of them date from 1975 or earlier. Florida has the most (1,831). 55% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are never named here.
About the 172 from the FAA's model table
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
- Common engines
- Lycoming 0-320 Series (9,470), Cont Motor 0-300 Ser (6,073), Lycoming Io-360-L2A (2,621)
- Seats
- 4
- Cruise speed
- about 105 mph
- Built of
- aluminium
- Makers on the register
- Cessna, Textron Aviation Inc, Cessna Aircraft Co
- Registered
- earliest certificate February 13, 1962; newest October 5, 2026
Where they are owner's state
Who owns them registrant type
Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft
| Version | Registered | Built | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 172M | 3,577 | 1972 to 1976 | 17.3% |
| 172S | 3,142 | 1998 to 2026 | 15.2% |
| 172N | 3,138 | 1976 to 1980 | 15.2% |
| 172 | 1,806 | 1951 to 1965 | 8.7% |
| 172P | 1,110 | 1972 to 1988 | 5.4% |
| 172K | 1,026 | 1968 to 1981 | 5.0% |
| 172L | 858 | 1970 to 1973 | 4.2% |
| 172H | 780 | 1963 to 1967 | 3.8% |
| 172G | 722 | 1965 to 1967 | 3.5% |
| 172F | 717 | 1964 to 1973 | 3.5% |
| 172R | 683 | 1997 to 2020 | 3.3% |
| 172E | 617 | 1956 to 1967 | 3.0% |
| 172D | 471 | 1962 to 1963 | 2.3% |
| 172RG | 446 | 1973 to 1985 | 2.2% |
| 172A | 435 | 1956 to 1965 | 2.1% |
| 172B | 413 | 1960 to 1962 | 2.0% |
| 172C | 362 | 1941 to 1962 | 1.8% |
| 172I | 353 | 1967 to 1968 | 1.7% |
| 172Q | 13 | 1982 to 1984 | 0.1% |
When they were built by decade · 2,699 with no year on file
Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far
Registration status
Airworthiness certificate class
Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs
Fleet pages: Christiansen Aviation LLC · Wings Over Texas Holdings LLC · Civil Air Patrol · Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University INC · Textron Aviation INC · Civil Air Patrol INC · American Patrols INC · Ab Prop Plane II LLC
Accident history NTSB records · 6,888 cases since 1982, 1,011 fatal
The 8 most recent of 6,888 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record. How this model compares with others, with the fleet taken into account: Accidents by model in Aviation Analytics.
Questions people ask answers refresh every morning
How many Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircraft are registered in the U.S.?
20,669 as of October 5, 2026, counting 19 versions the FAA records separately.
Which state has the most Cessna 172s?
Florida, with 1,831.
Who owns the Cessna 172?
55% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are never named on this site.
What is the Cessna 172 made of?
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The FAA's type certificate data sheet is the authority for any one model.
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Cessna 172 the component layer
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. No FAA order in the current files names this model. Operators and repair shops have filed 4,218 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 527 of them in the last ten years: about 0.3 a year for every 100 aircraft on the register; the system most often named is engine.
Failure reports 4,218 since 1995 · what operators and shops told the FAA
By system
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.
Connections how the 172 links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 72,697 aircraft on the register
- Cessna 172M 3,577 registered
- Cessna 172S 3,142 registered
- Cessna 172N 3,138 registered
- Cessna 172 1,806 registered
- Cessna 172P 1,110 registered
- Cessna 172K 1,026 registered
- 13 more versions
- Built of aluminium
- Lycoming O-320 series 9,470 of these aircraft · 180 hp
- Continental O-300 series 6,073 of these aircraft · 145 hp
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A 2,621 of these aircraft · 180 hp
- Lycoming IO-360 series 953 of these aircraft · 180 hp
- Lycoming O-360 / VO-360 series 464 of these aircraft · 180 hp
- Florida 1,831 of these aircraft
- Texas 1,750 of these aircraft
- California 1,724 of these aircraft
- Delaware 1,019 of these aircraft
- Washington 774 of these aircraft
- Christiansen Aviation LLC 229 of these aircraft
- Wings Over Texas Holdings LLC 145 of these aircraft
- Civil Air Patrol 126 of these aircraft
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University INC 112 of these aircraft
- Textron Aviation INC 89 of these aircraft
- NTSB accidents and incidents involving the 172 6,888 cases since 1982 · 1,011 fatal
- FAA filings this year on these aircraft 899 filings · 532 bill of sale, 181 loan release, 181 loan or lien
- Failure reports filed on the 172 4,218 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/model/cessna/172.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 20,669
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N2440Y | Cessna 172D |
Morristown Flying Service INC Talbott, Tennessee |
Standard | 2021-04-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2851L | Cessna 172H |
Morristown Flying Service INC Talbott, Tennessee |
Standard | 2021-04-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N46287 | Cessna 172I |
N46287 LLC Chehalis, Washington |
Standard | 2021-04-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N65057 | Cessna 172P |
Good Winds LLC Waterville, Maine |
Standard | 2021-04-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N79095 | Cessna 172K |
Hole In the Clouds Rentals LLC Montgomery, Alabama |
Standard | 2021-04-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N291EC | Textron Aviation Inc 172S |
Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City, North Carolina |
Standard | 2021-03-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N332SP | Cessna 172R |
Mh Aviation LLC Foster City, California |
Standard | 2021-03-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N35456 | Cessna 172I |
Wing Dock LLC Miami, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2021-03-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N64345 | Cessna 172M |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2021-03-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N22429 | Cessna 172M |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2021-03-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9867J | Cessna 172N |
Norby Aviation LLC Hopkinton, Massachusetts |
Standard | 2021-03-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2594Y | Cessna 172D |
Co-owned owner Indiana |
Standard | 2021-03-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8362B | Cessna 172 |
Individual owner Connecticut |
Standard | 2021-03-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1947F | Cessna 172N |
Melbourne Flight Training LLC Melbourne, Florida |
Standard | 2021-03-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5756A | Cessna 172 |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2021-03-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6721A | Cessna 172 |
Co-owned owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2021-03-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1650F | Cessna 172H |
4 Aces Air LLC Brandon, Mississippi |
Standard | 2021-03-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2548Y | Cessna 172D |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2021-03-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2530Y | Cessna 172D |
Co-owned owner Alabama |
Standard | 2021-03-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3855R | Cessna 172H |
Aircraft Investment Group LLC Cookeville, Tennessee |
Standard | 2021-03-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4259F | Cessna 172 |
Co-owned owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2021-03-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6604E | Cessna 172N |
Flyn High Aviation LLC Boynton Beach, Florida |
Standard | 2021-03-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1315F | Cessna 172G |
Co-owned owner Michigan |
Standard | 2021-03-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3917L | Cessna 172G |
Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2021-03-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7475T | Cessna 172A |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2021-03-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N75598 | Cessna 172N |
Columbia Jet Center INC Columbia, Missouri |
Standard | 2021-03-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8347U | Cessna 172F |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2021-03-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1808Y | Cessna 172C |
Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2021-03-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7231Q | Cessna 172L |
Dsr-Cherokee 180 LLC Dallas, Texas |
Standard | 2021-03-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N84456 | Cessna 172K |
Warbirds East INC Fairhope, Alabama |
Standard | 2021-03-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8663U | Cessna 172F |
Socks Flyers LLC Southgate, Kentucky |
Standard | 2021-03-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6867A | Cessna 172 |
Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2021-03-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7015G | Cessna 172K |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2021-03-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7072Q | Cessna 172L |
B&R Aircraft LLC Wadsworth, Ohio |
Standard | 2021-03-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N733QG | Cessna 172N |
Carter Flygare INC Sacramento, California |
Standard | 2021-03-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N737AB | Cessna 172N |
Bellingham Aviation Services LLC Bellingham, Washington |
Standard | 2021-03-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1731F | Cessna 172H |
Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2021-03-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N20666 | Cessna 172M |
20666 Aircraft Leasing LLC Spanish Fork, Utah |
Standard | 2021-03-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2419Y | Cessna 172D |
Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 2021-03-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N283ME | Cessna 172S |
N283Me LLC Manassas, Virginia |
Standard | 2021-03-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3842L | Cessna 172G |
Co-owned owner Nebraska |
Standard | 2021-03-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4376Q | Cessna 172L |
Individual owner Colorado |
Standard | 2021-03-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N47657 | Cessna 172N |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2021-03-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7698T | Cessna 172A |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2021-03-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N900SC | Cessna 172E |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2021-03-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N142H | Cessna 172A |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2021-03-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1651F | Cessna 172H |
Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 2021-03-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N51297 | Cessna 172M |
Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2021-03-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6523D | Cessna 172N |
Air Shares LLC Casper, Wyoming |
Standard | 2021-03-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7312A | Cessna 172 |
Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2021-03-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N783BG | Cessna 172R |
Air Shares LLC Casper, Wyoming |
Standard | 2021-03-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3239E | Cessna 172N |
Leaf Air LLC Queensbury, New York |
Standard | 2021-03-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5156A | Cessna 172 |
Co-owned owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2021-03-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N733NC | Cessna 172N |
Rrgsoftware LLC Alpine, California |
Standard | 2021-03-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N734VN | Cessna 172N |
Kcsi Aerial Patrol INC Bakersfield, California |
Standard | 2021-03-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N737LH | Cessna 172N |
Centerline Aviation LLC Fredericksburg, Virginia |
Standard | 2021-03-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1488U | Cessna 172M |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2021-03-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N20398 | Cessna 172M |
Individual owner Utah |
Standard | 2021-03-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N23291 | Cessna 172M |
Oracle Aviation LLC Omaha, Nebraska |
Standard | 2021-03-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2819U | Cessna 172D |
Individual owner Kansas |
Standard | 2021-03-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4301Q | Cessna 172L |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2021-03-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3752S | Cessna 172E |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2021-03-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N61607 | Cessna 172M |
Co-owned owner South Dakota |
Standard | 2021-03-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N64270 | Cessna 172M |
Sundance Aviation INC Richland, Washington |
Standard | 2021-03-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N737BQ | Cessna 172N |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2021-03-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7903B | Cessna 172 |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2021-03-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N96836 | Cessna 172P |
Visalia Flyers LLC Visalia, California |
Standard | 2021-03-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9837L | Cessna 172P |
Ial CORP Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2021-03-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N20431 | Cessna 172M |
Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals Westchester, Illinois |
Standard | 2021-03-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N20DK | Cessna 172M |
Flight Surgeon LLC Fayetteville, Arkansas |
Standard | 2021-03-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N42035 | Cessna 172M |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2021-03-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6961A | Cessna 172 |
Bontadellis Flying Service Ll Polson, Montana |
Standard | 2021-03-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7960B | Cessna 172 |
Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2021-03-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8164L | Cessna 172H |
Bowtie Properties LLC Dadeville, Alabama |
Standard | 2021-03-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5749R | Cessna 172G |
Individual owner Massachusetts |
Standard | 2021-03-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9457D | Cessna 172RG |
N1705R INC Cobb, California |
Standard | 2021-03-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9827G | Cessna 172L |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2021-03-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1374F | Cessna 172G |
Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2021-03-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N562AB | Cessna 172S |
Navigation Leasing LLC Castle Rock, Colorado |
Standard | 2021-03-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7607E | Cessna 172N |
Powerbelt LLC Glendale, California |
Standard | 2021-03-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7946U | Cessna 172F |
Upper Aircraft International LLC Titusville, Florida |
Standard | 2021-03-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9114Z | Cessna 172F |
Individual owner South Dakota |
Standard | 2021-03-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7296T | Cessna 172A |
Co-owned owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2021-03-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N51238 | Cessna 172P |
Flying G Aviation INC Drayton, North Dakota |
Standard | 2021-03-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N739TR | Cessna 172N |
Jeff Air Pilot Services LLC Shelbyville, Indiana |
Standard | 2021-03-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N162HR | Cessna 172E |
Hk Aviation LLC Conrad, Montana |
Standard | 2021-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N173PK | Cessna 172K |
Trc-4K Investments LLC Southlake, Texas |
Standard | 2021-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N46230 | Cessna 172I |
Co-owned owner Georgia |
Standard | 2021-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4692G | Cessna 172N |
Jz Air LLC Brooklyn, New York |
Standard | 2021-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4697L | Cessna 172G |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2021-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6334E | Cessna 172 |
Individual owner Alabama |
Standard | 2021-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6920X | Cessna 172B |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2021-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7020A | Cessna 172 |
Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2021-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N73146 | Cessna 172M |
Oregon State Flying Club INC Corvallis, Oregon |
Standard | 2021-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7383L | Cessna 172N |
Chicken Hawk Aviation LLC Strasburg, Colorado |
Standard | 2021-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8973V | Cessna 172M |
Ocean Flyers LLC Chatham, New Jersey |
Standard | 2021-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N51590 | Cessna 172S |
Kadena Aero Club Apo, AP |
None on file | 2021-03-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N55246 | Cessna 172P |
Kadena Aero Club Apo, AP |
Standard | 2021-03-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N64686 | Cessna 172P |
Kadena Aero Club Apo, AP |
Standard | 2021-03-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2823E | Cessna 172N |
2Lyons Enterprises LLC Westlake, Florida |
Standard | 2021-03-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
