# N736KL: Cessna R172K, registration cancelled 2000-04-06

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 6, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Cessna R172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (registry code 2072431)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A17](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: R1722587
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: December 17, 1997
- Last registry action: December 22, 1997
- Mode S code: A9E241
- Owner when cancelled: [Congressional Air Charters Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CONGRESSIONAL%20AIR%20CHARTERS%20INC)
- Location: [Gaithersburg, MD](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MD/Gaithersburg)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.1695° N, 77.1623° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 20879, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N736KL
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=736KL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736KL-2000-04-06

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 R172K: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k.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 IAD99FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99FA005), Oct 13, 1998: Cessna R172K (N736KL), Bowie, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Also causal was the pilot's poor in-flight planning/decision, and his continued VFR flight into instrument…

## 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 19981013028759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981013028759A), Oct 13, 1998: Cessna R172K (N736KL), Mitchellville, MD, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Acft crashed into a house on church road shortly after takeoff, one POB suffered fatal inj and the other POB has seriously injuries, acft has unknown damage.…

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