Tail Number Report · aircraft history report

N1351E

CESSNA 172N · 1978

At a glance

  • ✓ No closing-blockers found in the public record
    Registration is current and no accident matches this airframe under another tail number. Absence of a record is not a guarantee — confirm liens with the certified FAA records and condition with a pre-buy inspection.
  • ! 1 NTSB record on this aircraft
    Most severe airframe damage on record: Substantial. See the full history below.

Registration

StatusValid registration
Registration expiresAug 31, 2028
Certificate issuedAug 1, 2012
Airworthiness datenot reported
Last FAA actionJun 3, 2023

Aircraft

Manufacturer / modelCESSNA 172N
Year manufactured1978
Serial number17270965
Aircraft typeFixed wing single-engine
Engine typeReciprocating
Seats4
Mode S (hex)A09044

Engine

EngineLYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
Horsepower180

Ownership history

  1. Current registrant
    J & S AIR VENTURES LLC LLC
    EAGLE LAKE, FL · from Aug 1, 2012
  2. Prior registrant
    HARTFORD FLYING SERVICE INC
    HARTFORD, CT · from May 5, 1948 · until Jan 24, 1951
  3. Prior registrant
    NEW ENGLAND AVIATION INC
    SOUTHBRIDGE, MA · from Sep 6, 1946 · until Feb 1, 1950

NTSB accident & incident history

DateTypeLocationHighest injuryAircraft damageMatch
2010-07-30 Accident Perry, GA, USA None Substantial by tail
ERA10CA402

Serial-number matches indicate the same airframe under a different registration (a re-registered hull). They are only shown when the manufacturer agrees.

Model context — CESSNA 172N

3,140
currently registered
48.2 yr
average fleet age
48.7
NTSB-recorded per 1,000 (2008–2026)

Rate is NTSB-recorded events (loaded window) among aircraft currently registered as this model, per 1,000 currently registered. It is not a safety ranking and includes all severities.

Airworthiness Directives

Airworthiness Directives (ADs) are mandatory FAA corrective actions for a make and model — a pre-buy must-check. See current and historical ADs for the CESSNA 172N at the official source:

Federal Register — Airworthiness Directives for the CESSNA 172N →

We link the authoritative source rather than reproduce it. Whether each AD was actually complied with is recorded in the aircraft's maintenance logbooks — verify there.

Certified FAA records — free, direct from the FAA

Liens and security interests, signed bills of sale, and Form 337 major repairs/alterations live in this aircraft's certified FAA document file. The FAA publishes those document images online, free, for any aircraft — here's how to pull them for N1351E:

  1. Go to cares.faa.gov and sign in (a free Login.gov account, one-time setup).
  2. Look up this tail number — N1351E.
  3. Open the document images: recorded liens/security interests, bills of sale, and Form 337s.

We don't gate or resell these — they're public records and free at the source. This report is the at-a-glance history; cares.faa.gov holds the certified source documents for your closing.