# N79960: Cessna 172K, registration cancelled 2000-08-16

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 16, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Cessna 172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (registry code 2072430)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 17258287
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: September 19, 1997
- Last registry action: September 19, 1997
- Mode S code: AADCB7
- Owner when cancelled: [Sarasota Flying Club Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SARASOTA%20FLYING%20CLUB%20INC)
- Location: [Tallevast, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Tallevast)
- Physical address: [Sarasota, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Sarasota)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 27.4017° N, 82.5429° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tallevast, FL, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79960
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=79960
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79960-2000-08-16

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 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 MIA00FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA103), Mar 9, 2000: Cessna 172K (N79960), Sarasota, FL, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the supervisor/ground controller and the local controller to provide effective separation between the accident airplanes on the runway, resulting in a collision during takeoff.…

## 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 20000309011059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000309011059A), Mar 9, 2000: Cessna 172K (N79960), Sarasota-Braden, FL, No damage, 2 fatal. (-23) N89827 was cleared to taxi from dolphin aviation to runway end of 14 via taxiway "a". N79960 was cleared to taxi from jones aviation to runway 14. ATCT…

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