N12740

Cessna 172M · built 1973

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on October 15, 1937.

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

  • July 5, 1985Accident

    THE RECENTLY CERTIFICATED INSTRUCTOR WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WITH A PARAPLEGIC STUDENT, WHO USED A HAND CONTROL FOR RUDDER OPERATION. ON THE THIRD LANDINGS THE ACFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE ACFT. THE STUDENT PILOT RELEASED THE HAND CONTROL OF THE RUDDER AND THE CFI APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AT THIS POINT.

    Cessna 172M