Cessna 177 Cardinal
2,158 on the U.S. register across 4 versions the FAA records separately. Built from 1967 to 1979; half of them date from 1973 or earlier. Texas has the most (208). 30% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are never named here.
About the 177 from the FAA's model table
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
- Common engines
- Lycoming O&Vo-360 Ser (855), Lycoming Io-360-A1B6D (777), Lycoming 0-320 Series (402)
- Seats
- 4
- Cruise speed
- about 108 mph
- Maker on the register
- Cessna
- Registered
- earliest certificate August 30, 1971; newest September 29, 2026
Where they are owner's state
Texas208California192Florida159Washington84Arizona69Georgia66Pennsylvania65Michigan63Illinois62Ohio59Minnesota57Indiana55
Who owns them registrant type
Individual1,163 (54%)LLC408 (19%)Co-owned347 (16%)Corporation211 (10%)Partnership25 (1%)Not stated2 (0.1%)Government2 (0.1%)
Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft
When they were built by decade · 277 with no year on file
Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far
Registration status
Valid2,133 (99%)Pending12 (0.6%)Sale reported6 (0.3%)Canceled2 (0.1%)Assigned, not yet registered2 (0.1%)Revoked1 (0.0%)
Airworthiness certificate class
Standard2,128 (99%)None on file21 (1.0%)Special flight permit4 (0.2%)Multiple2 (0.1%)Experimental2 (0.1%)Restricted1 (0.0%)
Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs
Eagle Sky Patrol INC15Bas Part Sales LLC9International Air Services INC Trustee7Avco Patrol LLC5Valiair Lc Trustee4Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee4Cardinal Flyers LLC4Sky West Aviation INC Trustee3Redwing Aviation LLC3Central Virginia Aviation INC3Cardinal Aviation LLC3Spectron Aviation INC2
Fleet pages: Eagle Sky Patrol INC · Bas Part Sales LLC · International Air Services INC Trustee · Avco Patrol LLC · Valiair Lc Trustee · Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee · Sky West Aviation INC Trustee · Central Virginia Aviation INC
Accident history NTSB records · 767 cases since 1982, 140 fatal
2026-08-05WPR26LA291 · 177B N34852 · accident near Perris, CA · no injuries
2026-06-17ERA26FA241 · 177RG N7637V · accident near Morrison, TN · 2 killed
2026-06-09ERA26LA233 · 177 N316HY · accident near Gilford, NH · no injuries
2026-05-28WPR26LA206 · 177 N13430 · accident near Cascade, ID · serious injuries
2026-05-18ERA26LA213 · 177RG N177BT · accident near Statesville, NC · no injuries
2026-03-15WPR26LA128 · 177 N178DR · accident near Cottonwood, AZ · no injuries
2026-02-22ANC26LA016 · 177B N12984 · accident near Rocky Junction, AZ · minor injuries
2026-01-13ERA26LA093 · 177 N34959 · accident near Ocoee, TN · minor injuries
The 8 most recent of 767 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Rates per registered aircraft, phases of flight and causes are coming with the analytics stage. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record.
Questions people ask answers refresh every morning
How many Cessna 177 Cardinal aircraft are registered in the U.S.?
2,158 as of October 2, 2026, counting 4 versions the FAA records separately.
Which state has the most Cessna 177s?
Texas, with 208.
Who owns the Cessna 177?
30% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are never named on this site.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 843 177B (all versions)
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N30965 | Cessna 177B |
Monkey Boy Aviation LLC Palm Coast, Florida |
Standard | 2023-12-19 | Valid |
| N34927 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2023-12-18 | Valid |
| N35281 | Cessna 177B |
Freebird Wings LLC Creswell, Oregon |
Standard | 2023-12-09 | Valid |
| N35102 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2023-12-08 | Valid |
| N19387 | Cessna 177B |
Debo Group INC Uniontown, Ohio |
Standard | 2023-12-05 | Valid |
| N112NC | Cessna 177B |
France Jay D Colbert, Georgia |
Standard | 2023-11-30 | Valid |
| N13564 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Michigan |
Standard | 2023-11-28 | Valid |
| N9FR | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-11-18 | Valid |
| N424SC | Cessna 177B |
Thread Head Quilting LLC Anchorage, Alaska |
Standard | 2023-10-30 | Valid |
| N19806 | Cessna 177B |
Overseas Aviation INC Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2023-10-15 | Valid |
| N1102C | Cessna 177B |
Wakefield Aviation LLC Mahopac, New York |
Standard | 2023-10-10 | Valid |
| N34723 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-10-10 | Valid |
| N30718 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-10-08 | Valid |
| N18720 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-09-22 | Valid |
| N34626 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner New Mexico |
Standard | 2023-09-16 | Valid |
| N30767 | Cessna 177B |
Cardinal N30767 LLC Germantown, Tennessee |
Standard | 2023-09-12 | Valid |
| N10420 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-08-30 | Valid |
| N35034 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2023-08-30 | Valid |
| N34430 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-08-29 | Valid |
| N30935 | Cessna 177B |
Peterson Air LLC Chisago City, Minnesota |
Standard | 2023-08-23 | Valid |
| N177EJ | Cessna 177B |
Double A Flight Services LLC Edinburg, Texas |
Standard | 2023-08-21 | Valid |
| N30909 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-08-21 | Valid |
| N177HW | Cessna 177B |
Hines Holdings LLC Valparaiso, Indiana |
Standard | 2023-08-08 | Valid |
| N2167C | Cessna 177B |
Starkys Equipment Leasing LLC Manchester, Michigan |
Standard | 2023-07-28 | Valid |
| N34612 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Washington |
Standard | 2023-07-26 | Valid |
| N34835 | Cessna 177B |
Saddleback Enterprises LLC Newport Beach, California |
Standard | 2023-07-24 | Valid |
| N34275 | Cessna 177B |
Bishop Nina A Gig Harbor, Washington |
Standard | 2023-07-19 | Valid |
| N177BG | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Georgia |
Standard | 2023-06-30 | Valid |
| N17019 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Nevada |
Standard | 2023-06-28 | Valid |
| N19234 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2023-06-28 | Valid |
| N1499C | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2023-06-24 | Valid |
| N30761 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Indiana |
Standard | 2023-06-21 | Valid |
| N3424C | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 2023-06-13 | Valid |
| N35220 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Illinois |
Standard | 2023-06-13 | Valid |
| N1246C | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Washington |
Standard | 2023-06-06 | Valid |
| N35050 | Cessna 177B |
Wings Aloft LLC Pierre, South Dakota |
Standard | 2023-06-03 | Valid |
| N177PW | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2023-05-29 | Valid |
| N19828 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Indiana |
Standard | 2023-05-26 | Valid |
| N213MB | Cessna 177B |
National Tax Relief INC Riverside, California |
Standard | 2023-05-26 | Valid |
| N34106 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2023-05-24 | Valid |
| N1173C | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Illinois |
Standard | 2023-05-23 | Valid |
| N13314 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-05-23 | Valid |
| N34405 | Cessna 177B |
Jj&R Aero LLC Winchester, Indiana |
Standard | 2023-05-22 | Valid |
| N1GX | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Maine |
Standard | 2023-05-17 | Valid |
| N34099 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2023-05-12 | Valid |
| N153AM | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2023-05-08 | Valid |
| N34443 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2023-05-04 | Valid |
| N11825 | Cessna 177B |
Cardinal Rule LLC Bryan, Texas |
Standard | 2023-04-29 | Valid |
| N34167 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2023-04-28 | Valid |
| N299M | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-04-27 | Valid |
| N19575 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2023-04-18 | Valid |
| N34964 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2023-04-18 | Valid |
| N34762 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2023-04-13 | Valid |
| N11968 | Cessna 177B |
Good Guys Finish First INC Colorado Springs, Colorado |
Standard | 2023-04-11 | Valid |
| N18523 | Cessna 177B |
Km50 Ventures LLC Pensacola, Florida |
Standard | 2023-04-08 | Valid |
| N19JK | Cessna 177B |
A P Air LLC Wilmington, North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-04-06 | Valid |
| N177Q | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Alabama |
Standard | 2023-04-05 | Valid |
| N34521 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Colorado |
Standard | 2023-04-05 | Valid |
| N30988 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-03-21 | Valid |
| N11172 | Cessna 177B |
Skaaire Society Madison, Wisconsin |
Standard | 2023-03-17 | Valid |
| N1479C | Cessna 177B |
Built Aviation LLC Haymarket, Virginia |
Standard | 2023-03-17 | Valid |
| N177MS | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2023-03-17 | Valid |
| N34156 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2023-03-10 | Valid |
| N30938 | Cessna 177B |
Virginia Aviation LLC Forest, Virginia |
Standard | 2023-03-07 | Valid |
| N490AF | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2023-02-25 | Valid |
| N35089 | Cessna 177B |
Caldwell Enterprise INC Grand Prairie, Illinois |
Standard | 2023-02-24 | Valid |
| N7736L | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Nebraska |
Standard | 2023-02-23 | Valid |
| N30656 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2023-02-18 | Valid |
| N35076 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-02-01 | Valid |
| N34469 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Michigan |
Standard | 2023-01-31 | Valid |
| N34248 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2023-01-29 | Valid |
| N35031 | Cessna 177B |
Granite Bay Properties LLC Nicholasville, Kentucky |
Special flight permit | 2023-01-21 | Valid |
| N13612 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-01-20 | Valid |
| N30709 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2023-01-17 | Valid |
| N313KD | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Massachusetts |
Standard | 2023-01-14 | Valid |
| N34552 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-01-12 | Valid |
| N34764 | Cessna 177B |
York Aviators LLC York, Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2023-01-12 | Valid |
| N567BB | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Colorado |
Standard | 2023-01-11 | Valid |
| N177SV | Cessna 177B |
Dlg Aviation LLC Lena, Wisconsin |
Standard | 2023-01-06 | Valid |
| N12868 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2022-12-28 | Valid |
| N35185 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Indiana |
Standard | 2022-12-26 | Valid |
| N34634 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Massachusetts |
Standard | 2022-12-24 | Valid |
| N177ET | Cessna 177B |
Thorstad Aviation LLC Alexandria, Minnesota |
Standard | 2022-12-17 | Valid |
| N19405 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Florida |
None on file | 2022-12-14 | Valid |
| N778RD | Cessna 177B |
Kilo Golf Aviation LLC St Simons Island, Georgia |
Standard | 2022-12-14 | Valid |
| N30892 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Virginia |
Standard | 2022-12-05 | Valid |
| N13757 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2022-11-30 | Valid |
| N20204 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Maryland |
Standard | 2022-11-09 | Valid |
| N1404C | Cessna 177B |
Aeroscalper LLC Goshen, Indiana |
Standard | 2022-11-08 | Valid |
| N35225 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Hawaii |
Standard | 2022-11-04 | Valid |
| N34510 | Cessna 177B |
Kwest Express LLC Wilmington, Delaware |
None on file | 2022-11-03 | Valid |
| N664AK | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2022-11-03 | Valid |
| N11476 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner District of Columbia |
Standard | 2022-10-24 | Valid |
| N30708 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2022-10-24 | Valid |
| N2182C | Cessna 177B |
Skyhunter LLC Yonkers, New York |
Standard | 2022-10-19 | Valid |
| N34166 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2022-10-15 | Valid |
| N1183C | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2022-10-13 | Valid |
| N34671 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Alabama |
Standard | 2022-10-01 | Valid |
| N34287 | Cessna 177B |
Satellite Beach Flying Club INC Melbourne, Florida |
Standard | 2022-09-28 | Valid |
| N429BA | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2022-09-20 | Valid |