# N5280R: Cessna 172M, registration cancelled 2000-01-10

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 10, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 17263494
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: June 10, 1987
- Last registry action: October 19, 1999
- Mode S code: A6A90E
- Owner when cancelled: [Adolphsen Wayne E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ADOLPHSEN%20WAYNE%20E)
- Location: [Independence, MO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MO/Independence)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 39.1076° N, 94.4647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 64053, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5280R
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5280R
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5280R-2000-01-10

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 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 FTW89LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA068), Mar 17, 1989: Cessna 172M (N5280R), Galveston, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL AND LOSS OF CONTROL. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: THE WEATHER CONDITIONS, WHICH WERE BELOW MINIMUMS, AND FAILURE OF THE…

## 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 19890317004099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890317004099A), Mar 17, 1989: Cessna 172M (N5280R), Galveston, TX, Destroyed. Flew into the ground during an ILS approach. Weather below IFR landing minimums. Apparently never saw the ground.
- [Incident 19790719022369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790719022369I), Jul 19, 1979: Cessna 172M (N5280R), Starkville, MS, Minor damage. Nose wheel failed after hard landing.

## Other aircraft with N5280R

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5280R): Cessna 172S, S/N 172S9216, built 2002

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