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Cessna 177: fleet, age & accident history

Name: Cessna 177 — US fleet registrations and NTSB accident history
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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.

444currently registered

59average age (years)

1967median model year

4seats

1engines

Accident-rate context

119.4NTSB events per 1,000 registered

53NTSB events (1982–2026)

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 177 aircraft are registered

Count of currently registered Cessna 177 aircraft by registration state (FAA). Aggregate counts only.

State	Registered
Texas	50
California	41
Florida	27
Arizona	18
South Dakota	16
Oklahoma	14

Cessna 177 airframes with a public accident record

These Cessna 177 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.

N177EB 1967 · 1 record prior tail number
N254KM 1968 · 1 record prior tail number
N27JW · 1 record prior tail number
N29449 1968 · 1 record prior tail number
N3430T 1968 · 1 record prior tail number
N651EC 1967 · 1 record prior tail number
N2295Y 1967 · 2 records
N3138T 1968 · 1 record
N177FG 1968 · 1 record

Other Cessna models

172M · 3,581 registered
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

Was this Cessna 177 ever wrecked under a different tail number?

The free registries search by current tail number — so a Cessna 177 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.

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This is an informational report compiled from public FAA and NTSB records. It is not a title search, lien abstract, or airworthiness determination, and does not replace a pre-purchase inspection. Liens and encumbrances require the certified FAA records — not included in the instant report.

source: FAA Aircraft Registry source: NTSB FAA data as of 2026-08-17 computed 2026-08-24