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Cessna 172M: fleet, age & accident history
Aggregate figures from the FAA Aircraft Registry (current US civil registrations) and the NTSB Aviation Accident Database. No individual owners are named on this page.
Accident-rate context
NTSB-recorded events (loaded window) involving aircraft currently registered as this model, per 1,000 currently registered. Not a safety ranking; older events and deregistered aircraft are not counted.
Where Cessna 172M aircraft are registered
Count of currently registered Cessna 172M aircraft by registration state (FAA). Aggregate counts only.
| State | Registered |
|---|---|
| Texas | 333 |
| Florida | 305 |
| California | 292 |
| Washington | 167 |
| Michigan | 112 |
| Minnesota | 98 |
Cessna 172M airframes with a public accident record
These Cessna 172M aircraft are currently registered and carry at least one NTSB accident or incident record. Marked entries have a record filed under a different tail number — found by manufacturer serial number, which a search on the current N-number alone cannot surface.
- N1591V 1974 · 2 records prior tail number
- N433PT 1974 · 2 records prior tail number
- N5177H 1975 · 2 records prior tail number
- N81772 · 2 records prior tail number
- N92777 1973 · 2 records prior tail number
- N94HJ 1975 · 2 records prior tail number
- N955PT 1974 · 2 records prior tail number
- N974CA · 2 records prior tail number
- N12336 1973 · 1 record prior tail number
- N13376 1973 · 1 record prior tail number
- N172LJ 1975 · 1 record prior tail number
- N178FV 1976 · 1 record prior tail number
- N20398 1972 · 1 record prior tail number
- N211PT 1972 · 1 record prior tail number
- N3011F 1974 · 1 record prior tail number
- N3327G 1972 · 1 record prior tail number
- N433RM 1974 · 1 record prior tail number
- N471JR 1972 · 1 record prior tail number
- N479CN 1975 · 1 record prior tail number
- N514RB · 1 record prior tail number
- N5166R 1974 · 1 record prior tail number
- N6863T 1973 · 1 record prior tail number
- N70DM 1974 · 1 record prior tail number
- N730LB 1974 · 1 record prior tail number
- N757MK 1974 · 1 record prior tail number
- N764AA 1975 · 1 record prior tail number
- N907TT 1974 · 1 record prior tail number
- N918VP · 1 record prior tail number
- N929BM 1975 · 1 record prior tail number
- N9610Q 1976 · 1 record prior tail number
- N9678H 1975 · 1 record prior tail number
- N998RA 1973 · 1 record prior tail number
- N1897V 1974 · 3 records
- N9263H 1975 · 3 records
- N73113 1976 · 2 records
- N12236 1973 · 2 records
- N12395 1973 · 2 records
- N1241U 1976 · 2 records
- N12943 1973 · 2 records
- N19801 1972 · 2 records
- N20406 · 2 records
- N20488 1973 · 2 records
- N4324R 1974 · 2 records
- N5147N · 2 records
- N5375R 1974 · 2 records
- N61648 · 2 records
- N61923 1975 · 2 records
- N64427 1975 · 2 records
- N6750H 1975 · 2 records
- N71409 1976 · 2 records
- N73455 1976 · 2 records
- N80751 1976 · 2 records
- N80830 1976 · 2 records
- N92356 1973 · 2 records
- N9347H 1975 · 2 records
- N9504H 1975 · 2 records
- N9598H 1975 · 2 records
- N9892Q 1975 · 2 records
- N9895V 1974 · 2 records
- N9912Q 1975 · 2 records
Showing 60 of 152 — look up any tail number to check one that isn't listed.
Other Cessna models
- 172N · 3,139 registered
- 182P · 2,100 registered
- 172S · 1,915 registered
- 172 · 1,805 registered
- 152 · 1,635 registered
- 140 · 1,599 registered
- 182Q · 1,564 registered
- 150L · 1,453 registered
Was this Cessna 172M ever wrecked under a different tail number?
The free registries search by current tail number — so a Cessna 172M that was wrecked, rebuilt, and re-registered under a new N-number shows clean on every one of them. The accident stays filed under the tail the airframe wore at the time. The $79 report cross-matches by manufacturer serial number to surface that hidden history — plus every registrant on record, registration expiry, recent FAA filings (the lien signal), and the full NTSB narrative for each event. Delivered instantly, no account, no ads.
source: FAA Aircraft Registry source: NTSB FAA data as of 2026-08-17 computed 2026-08-24