# N61587: Cessna 172M, registration cancelled 1991-01-28

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 28, 1991
- 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: 17264660
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: April 25, 1983
- Last registry action: January 4, 1991
- Mode S code: A804E1
- Owner when cancelled: [Air Spacers Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIR%20SPACERS%20INC)
- Location: [Los Angeles, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Los%20Angeles)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 34.0020° N, 118.4307° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 90066, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61587
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=61587
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61587-1991-01-28

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 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 LAX89FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA091), Jan 6, 1989: Cessna 172M (N61587), Oxnard, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS WHICH RESULTED IN AN IN-FLIGHT COLLSION WITH TERRAIN. RELATED FACTORS WERE: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO USE A PREFLIGHT BRIEFING…

## 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 19890105000949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890105000949A), Jan 5, 1989: Cessna 172M (N61587), Oxnard, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Flew into side of ridge on a offshore island. Ridge obscured by clouds, fog, and rain. No record weather briefing.

## Other aircraft with N61587

- [Cancelled 2015-05-04](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61587-2015-05-04): Cameron Balloons US C-80, S/N 6019, built 1995. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Wilde Judith](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WILDE%20JUDITH), [Arlington, VA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VA/Arlington)
- [Cancelled 1956-02-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61587-1956-02-15): Cessna T-50, S/N 6321. Owner: [Clearfield Aviation Institute Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CLEARFIELD%20AVIATION%20INSTITUTE%20INC), [Punxsutawney, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Punxsutawney)

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