# N1281U: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: August 15, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1281U
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1281U

## Aircraft that carried N1281U

- [Cancelled 2013-08-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1281U-2013-08-15): Cessna 172M, S/N 17266976, built 1976. Sale reported, canceled. Owner: [Greeley, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Greeley)

## NTSB investigations on N1281U (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW08CA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA151), May 18, 2008: Cessna CE-172M (N1281U), San Antonio, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilots improper short field landing procedure and excessive rate of descent. A contributing factor was the student pilots improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N1281U (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20080518839329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080518839329A), May 18, 2008: Cessna 172M (N1281U), San Antonio, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) During a solo flight, N12811U, CE-172M approached sat runway 30R at a hight altitude sat ATC had cleared N1281U for straight in approach to land. The…
- [Incident 19980815036069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980815036069I), Aug 15, 1998: Cessna 172M (N1281U), New Braunfels, TX, Minor damage. (-5) On August 15, 1998 at 1400 CDT, aircraft N1281U, a Cessna 172, owned by wright flyers flight school and operated by a student pilot made a hard landing at…

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