- Registered owner
- Melton Charlie W
- Location
- Grand Saline, TX
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- 17700872
- Year built
- 1968
- Type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Engine
- Reciprocating
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- February 7, 1968
- Certificate issued
- December 29, 2014
- Expires
- December 31, 2027
- Mode S code
- A04753
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 60
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1963 | 1 |
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| 1964 | 1 |
| 1966 | 1 |
| 1967 | 1 |
| 1968 | 3 |
| 1969 | 2 |
| 1970 | 2 |
| 1971 | 2 |
| 1974 | 1 |
| 1975 | 1 |
| 1977 | 2 |
| 1979 | 1 |
| 1980 | 1 |
| 1981 | 2 |
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1986 | 1 |
| 1987 | 2 |
| 1988 | 1 |
| 1989 | 2 |
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 |
| 1996 | 3 |
| 1997 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 |
See all 66 ADs
Information bulletins that may apply · 16
Advisory, not mandatory.
See all 20 bulletins
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N117MMMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Cessna 177 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N117MMMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Cessna 177 aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 2
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR 041403AGear · brokenLOST POWER ON TAKEOFF. VERIFIED PROBLEM OF LT MAGNETO INOPERATIVE. INSPECTED AND FOUND MAGNETO DISTRIBUTOR GEAR MISSING SEVERAL TEETH. GEAR WAS LOOSE ON SHAFT WHICH PROBABLY CONTRIBUTED TO BREAKAGE. SUSPECT CAUSE WAS LACK OF PROPER MAINTENANCE OVER LIFE OF MASDR 041403Air Filter · wrong partDURING TROUBLESHOOTING FOR EXCESSIVE MAGNETO DROP, FOUND FACE OF AIR FILTER ELEMENT DETERIORATED. THE INSTALLATION IS FOR A BRACKETT FILTER. REMOVED ELEMENT AND FOUND THAT ELEMENT WAS AN UNAPPROVED PART. THE (FILTER) WAS HAND CUT FROM A PIECE OF GREEN FOAM .62
STCs that may be installed · 334
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · Cessna 177
STC SA02571SEInstallation of Garmin G500/G600 TXi Integrated Avionics System (Primary Flight Display, Multi-Function Display, and Engine Indicating System Display).STC SA01800SEFabrication and installation of new or replacement of existing instrument panel lights dimmer control.STC SA01861SEFabrication and installation of Landing Light Controller