N71409

Cessna 172M · built 1976

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on June 18, 1969.

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 1, 2004Accident

    The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the fence post, while taxing which resulted in a collision.

    Cessna 172M

    The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the fence post, while taxing which resulted in a collision. Full accident record

  • May 13, 1983Accident

    THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE MUDDY BANK OF THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY DURING THE 2ND OF TWO LOW PASSES AND NOSED OVER WHEN THE NOSE GEAR DUG IN. WITNESSES REPORT SEEING THE ACFT PASS AT A LOW ALTITUDE. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE FLYING AT LOWALT HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS THE ENGINE. HE ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING.

    Cessna 172M