# N156RA: Cessna 172R, registration cancelled 2000-06-21

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 21, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Cessna 172R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (registry code 2072401)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 17280804
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: January 26, 2000
- Last registry action: January 26, 2000
- Mode S code: A0E1F1
- Owner when cancelled: [Airline Training Academy Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIRLINE%20TRAINING%20ACADEMY%20INC)
- Location: [Orlando, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Orlando)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 28.5556° N, 81.3484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 32803, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N156RA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=156RA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N156RA-2000-06-21

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 172R: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r.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 MIA00FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA064), Jan 6, 2000: Cessna 172R (N156RA), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's lack of total experience in instrument flight, simulated instrument flight, and night flight resulting in the pilot becoming spatially disoriented, and subsequent in-flight collision with…

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 20000105005419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000105005419A), Jan 5, 2000: Cessna 172 (N156RA), St Augustine, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On January 5, 2000, at 2146EST, a Cessna N156RA, operated by the airline training academy, and piloted by Mr. Mohamed a. cherif, crashed into the…

## Other aircraft with N156RA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N156RA): American Champion 7GCBC, S/N 1429-2007, built 2007
- [Cancelled 1996-06-26](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N156RA-1996-06-26): WSK PZL Mielec M-18A, S/N 1Z01506. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Riddell Flying Service Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RIDDELL%20FLYING%20SERVICE%20INC), [West Helena, AR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AR/West%20Helena)

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