# N1285U: 1976 Cessna 172M, registration cancelled 2017-09-20

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 20, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Third renewal notice
- Airframe: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418)
- Engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12), [TCDS E-274](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-274) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 17266979
- Year built: 1976
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: March 26, 1976
- Certificate issued: April 29, 2004
- Last registry action: May 12, 2014
- Mode S code: A07484
- Owner when cancelled: [Mcaleese Brent](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MCALEESE%20BRENT)
- Location: [San Diego, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/San%20Diego)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 32.8179° N, 117.0320° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 92119, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1285U
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1285U
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1285U-2017-09-20

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Cessna 172M: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m.md

## NTSB investigations (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 WPR15MA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15MA243), Aug 16, 2015: Cessna 172M (N1285U), San Diego, CA, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The local controller's (LC) failure to properly identify the aircraft in the pattern and to ensure control instructions provided to the intended Cessna on downwind were being performed before turning…

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 20150816023062A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150816023062A), Aug 16, 2015: Cessna 172M (N1285U), San Diego, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On August 16, 2015 at approximately 1100 hrs pacific time, two aircraft, a Cessna 172, N1285U, and an experimental sabreliner, (sabre 60), N442RM, collided…
- [Incident 19831109070759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831109070759I), Nov 9, 1983: Cessna 172M (N1285U), Ann Arbor, MI, Minor damage. Landed long and ran off the departure end of runway. Struck a boundary light.

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