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 · 2,158
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N8077G | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2023-04-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N19575 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2023-04-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34964 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2023-04-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7523V | Cessna 177RG |
Twc Aviation Services LLC Merritt Island, Florida |
Standard | 2023-04-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34762 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2023-04-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N11968 | Cessna 177B |
Good Guys Finish First INC Colorado Springs, Colorado |
Standard | 2023-04-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N18523 | Cessna 177B |
Km50 Ventures LLC Pensacola, Florida |
Standard | 2023-04-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N29474 | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2023-04-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N19JK | Cessna 177B |
A P Air LLC Wilmington, North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-04-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1581H | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-04-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N177Q | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Alabama |
Standard | 2023-04-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N30474 | Cessna 177A |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2023-04-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N33297 | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-04-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34521 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Colorado |
Standard | 2023-04-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N52936 | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2023-04-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3332T | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2023-04-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2260Y | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner Iowa |
Standard | 2023-03-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2943X | Cessna 177 |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2023-03-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N280JG | Cessna 177 |
Edwards Jonathan S Marysvale, Utah |
Standard | 2023-03-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N141JG | Cessna 177 |
Cardinal 1Jg LLC Bakersfield, California |
Standard | 2023-03-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N333LA | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2023-03-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3118T | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2023-03-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N30988 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-03-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N11172 | Cessna 177B |
Skaaire Society Madison, Wisconsin |
Standard | 2023-03-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1479C | Cessna 177B |
Built Aviation LLC Haymarket, Virginia |
Standard | 2023-03-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N177MS | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2023-03-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2841X | Cessna 177 |
Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-03-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N29442 | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2023-03-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N29619 | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2023-03-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34156 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2023-03-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2954X | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2023-03-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N30938 | Cessna 177B |
Virginia Aviation LLC Forest, Virginia |
Standard | 2023-03-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7573V | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-03-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2887X | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2023-03-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3144T | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-03-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8044G | Cessna 177RG |
Tml Services LLC The Villages, Florida |
Standard | 2023-03-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N427BP | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2023-02-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N25LG | Cessna 177RG |
Jolymug LLC Saratoga, California |
Standard | 2023-02-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N490AF | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2023-02-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N35089 | Cessna 177B |
Caldwell Enterprise INC Grand Prairie, Illinois |
Standard | 2023-02-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N51300 | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-02-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7736L | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Nebraska |
Standard | 2023-02-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8219G | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2023-02-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N29356 | Cessna 177 |
Co-owned owner Alaska |
Standard | 2023-02-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N40WN | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2023-02-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N19JR | Cessna 177RG |
Co-owned owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-02-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N30656 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2023-02-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2816X | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2023-02-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3107T | Cessna 177 |
Co-owned owner Colorado |
Standard | 2023-02-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N30446 | Cessna 177A |
Individual owner Hawaii |
Standard | 2023-02-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2056Q | Cessna 177RG |
Elecsys LLC San Marcos, California |
Standard | 2023-02-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N35007 | Cessna 177RG |
Aviation Plus LLC Lewes, Delaware |
Standard | 2023-02-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1876Q | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2023-02-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N29585 | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner Nebraska |
Standard | 2023-02-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N45193 | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner New Mexico |
Standard | 2023-02-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N52640 | Cessna 177RG |
Co-owned owner Missouri |
Standard | 2023-02-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2223Y | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner Louisiana |
Standard | 2023-02-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34161 | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-02-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N217AF | Cessna 177RG |
South 40Th Rentals LLC Jamul, California |
Standard | 2023-02-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2155Q | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2023-02-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3268T | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-02-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3252T | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-02-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N35076 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-02-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N57EA | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-02-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34469 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Michigan |
Standard | 2023-01-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N53080 | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-01-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2614V | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner Louisiana |
Standard | 2023-01-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34248 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2023-01-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7818V | Cessna 177RG |
Glide Slope Aviation LLC Flagstaff, Arizona |
Standard | 2023-01-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8062G | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner Hawaii |
Standard | 2023-01-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2768V | Cessna 177RG |
Three Spirit Ventures LLC Wayne, Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2023-01-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N29379 | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner Massachusetts |
Standard | 2023-01-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N35031 | Cessna 177B |
Granite Bay Properties LLC Nicholasville, Kentucky |
Special flight permit | 2023-01-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N13612 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-01-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2801X | Cessna 177 |
Co-owned owner Alabama |
Standard | 2023-01-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N30599 | Cessna 177A |
Individual owner Hawaii |
Standard | 2023-01-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N30346 | Cessna 177A |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-01-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N30709 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2023-01-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N313KD | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Massachusetts |
Standard | 2023-01-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2733V | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner North Dakota |
Standard | 2023-01-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34205 | Cessna 177RG |
Dingman Douglas W Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Standard | 2023-01-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34552 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-01-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34764 | Cessna 177B |
York Aviators LLC York, Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2023-01-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N567BB | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Colorado |
Standard | 2023-01-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N177SV | Cessna 177B |
Dlg Aviation LLC Lena, Wisconsin |
Standard | 2023-01-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N29509 | Cessna 177 |
Empty Nest Aviation LLC Mckinney, Texas |
Standard | 2023-01-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2834X | Cessna 177 |
Etown Powersports Elizabethtown, Kentucky |
Standard | 2023-01-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2929X | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-01-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N52465 | Cessna 177RG |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2023-01-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N12868 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2022-12-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N35185 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Indiana |
Standard | 2022-12-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N52KK | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2022-12-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34634 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Massachusetts |
Standard | 2022-12-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2011Q | Cessna 177RG |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2022-12-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N177ET | Cessna 177B |
Thorstad Aviation LLC Alexandria, Minnesota |
Standard | 2022-12-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N19405 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Florida |
None on file | 2022-12-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N778RD | Cessna 177B |
Kilo Golf Aviation LLC St Simons Island, Georgia |
Standard | 2022-12-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2830X | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner Kentucky |
Standard | 2022-12-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N30892 | Cessna 177B |
Co-owned owner Virginia |
Standard | 2022-12-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N13757 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2022-11-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |