# N3548E: Cessna 172N, registration cancelled 1998-09-03

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 3, 1998
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 17271583
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: May 25, 1982
- Last registry action: January 29, 1997
- Mode S code: A3F71E
- Owner when cancelled: [Aeroflyte Of Pomona Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AEROFLYTE%20OF%20POMONA%20INC)
- Location: [Covina, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Covina)
- Physical address: [Upland, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Upland)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 34.0847° N, 117.8868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 91723, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3548E
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3548E
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3548E-1998-09-03

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 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 172N: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n.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 LAX98FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98FA052), Dec 7, 1997: Cessna 172N (N3548E), Lytle Creek, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the non-instrument rated pilot's inadvertent VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and subsequent loss of aircraft control, due to spatial disorientation. Factors relating to…

## 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 19971207037409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971207037409A), Dec 7, 1997: Cessna 172N (N3548E), Upland, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Took off into fog shrouded mountain area. Crashed into mountainside.

## Other aircraft with N3548E

- [Cancelled 2006-08-21](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3548E-2006-08-21): Cessna T182T, S/N T18208070, built 2001. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Anderson Terry M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ANDERSON%20TERRY%20M), [Spearfish, SD](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/SD/Spearfish)
- [Cancelled 1965-05-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3548E-1965-05-20): Aeronca 11AC, S/N 11AC-1801. Owner: [Rickard Russel H](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RICKARD%20RUSSEL%20H), [Gordon, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Gordon)

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