# N30DS: Cessna 172, registration cancelled 2000-05-01

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 1, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 28761
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: July 11, 1995
- Last registry action: November 4, 1998
- Mode S code: A31D55
- Owners when cancelled: [Thomas Frank C](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/THOMAS%20FRANK%20C), [Cardo Thomas A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CARDO%20THOMAS%20A)
- Location: [Knoxville, TN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TN/Knoxville)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 35.8605° N, 84.1005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 37922, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30DS
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=30DS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30DS-2000-05-01

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 172: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172.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 MIA99FA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99FA150), May 5, 1999: Cessna 172 (N30DS), Fontana, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot continued visual flight into know weather conditions which resulted in reduced visibility, and the subsequent in-flight collision with rising terrain. Factors in this accidents were clouds…

## 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 19990505004659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990505004659A), May 5, 1999: Cessna 172 (N30DS), Fontana, NC, Destroyed. Pilot contacted tys approach and reported the acft was level at 2,500 feet inbound to the dkx arpt in mountainous terrain, radar and radio contact were lost at…

## Other aircraft with N30DS

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30DS): Sims David L RV8, S/N 81482, built 2003

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