N5255R
Cessna 172S · built 2009
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last exported to Canada on November 10, 2004.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2009 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N5255R.
- October 13, 1986Accident
WHILE CLIMBING FROM 1000 FT. THE PILOT OF A C-172 EXPERICED AN ENGINE FAILURE AT 1500 FT AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING STRIKING SMALL TREES AND BRUSH. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT DOWEL PIN WAS SHEARED AND THE CRANKSHAFT GEAR BOLT AND LOCK PLATE WERE MISSING AND HAD PROBABLY NOT BEEN INSTALLED AT LAST OVERHAUL.