# N739WE: Cessna 172N, registration cancelled 2001-07-31

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 31, 2001
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 17270858
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: August 3, 1987
- Last registry action: February 16, 2000
- Mode S code: A9EE73
- Owners when cancelled: [M And S Air Supply Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/M%20AND%20S%20AIR%20SUPPLY%20INC), [Security Aviation DBA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SECURITY%20AVIATION%20DBA)
- Location: [Hawthorne, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Hawthorne)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 33.9137° N, 118.3509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 90250, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739WE
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=739WE
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739WE-2001-07-31

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 LAX01FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA134), Apr 1, 2001: Cessna 172N (N739WE), Rialto, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper weather evaluation and lack of total experience.

## 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 20010401005869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010401005869A), Apr 1, 2001: Cessna 172 (N739WE), Rialto, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (.19) On April 1, 2001, about 0023 PST, a Cessna 172N, N739WE, operated by security aviation of hawthorne, California, was destroyed during the collision…
- [Incident 19871209077419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871209077419I), Dec 9, 1987: Cessna 172N (N739WE), Hawthorne, CA, Minor damage. Misjudged flare altitude. Landed on nose gear blowing the tire.

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