# N78035: 1968 Cessna 172K, registration cancelled 2002-07-09

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 9, 2002
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Cessna 172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (registry code 2072430)
- Engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12), [TCDS E-274](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-274) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 17257468
- Year built: 1968
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal, utility
- Airworthiness date: September 17, 1968
- Certificate issued: March 24, 1987
- Last registry action: February 16, 2000
- Mode S code: AA9365
- Owner when cancelled: [Richards Charles Kenneth](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RICHARDS%20CHARLES%20KENNETH)
- Location: [Lyons, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Lyons)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 40.2245° N, 105.4005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 80540, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78035
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=78035
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78035-2002-07-09

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 172K: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k.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 DEN02FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02FA017), Jan 5, 2002: Cessna 172K (N78035), Boulder, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's intentional suicidal flight into terrain. Contributing factors were the pilot's psychological depressive state, and his use of inappropriate medication.

## 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 20020105000749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020105000749A), Jan 5, 2002: Cessna 172K (N78035), Boulder, CO, No damage, 1 fatal. (-23) On January 5, 2002 at approximately 1600 MST, charles k. richards, pilot in command of Cessna 172, N78035 was involved in a cfit accident in day VMC and…

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