# N3873S: Cessna 172E, registration cancelled 2009-10-16

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 16, 2009
- Status when cancelled: Registration revoked
- Airframe: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 17251073
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: March 27, 1968
- Last registry action: January 14, 1977
- Mode S code: A4781D
- Owners when cancelled: [Fountain Geoffrey  Co Ow](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FOUNTAIN%20GEOFFREY%20%20CO%20OW), [Fountain Bessie B](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FOUNTAIN%20BESSIE%20B)
- Location: [Fairbanks, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Fairbanks)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 67.3758° N, 149.7280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 99701, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3873S
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3873S
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3873S-2009-10-16

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 172E: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e.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 ANC69F0120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC69F0120), Mar 30, 1969: Cessna 172E (N3873S), North Pole, AK, destroyed

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