# N8172B: 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: May 13, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8172B
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8172B

## Aircraft that carried N8172B

- [Cancelled 2013-05-13](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8172B-2013-05-13): Cessna 172, S/N 29972, built 1957. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Veentjer Steve J](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/VEENTJER%20STEVE%20J), [Portland, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Portland)

## NTSB investigations on N8172B (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 SEA82FYK07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FYK07), Jan 24, 1982: Cessna 172 (N8172B), Lapine, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8172B (1)

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 19820123001749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820123001749A), Jan 23, 1982: Cessna 172 (N8172B), Lapine, OR, Destroyed. Was advised weather marginal. Encountered same en route. Elected to land in a farm field. Hit power lines in dark.

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