# N8054X: 1961 Cessna 172B, registration cancelled 2013-05-13

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 13, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Cessna 172B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (registry code 2072406)
- Engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12), [TCDS E-253](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-253) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 17248554
- Year built: 1961
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard
- Airworthiness date: May 31, 1961
- Certificate issued: July 7, 1995
- Last registry action: November 12, 2004
- Mode S code: AAF76A
- Owner when cancelled: [Pinckley Sherry L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PINCKLEY%20SHERRY%20L)
- Location: [Wasilla, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Wasilla)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 61.6051° N, 149.4227° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 99654, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8054X
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8054X
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8054X-2013-05-13

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 172B: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b.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 ANC01LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA061), May 31, 2001: Cessna 172 (N8054X), Wasilla, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: An undershoot due to the pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path during a VFR final approach to landing. A factor in the accident was a downdraft.

## 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 20010531040029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010531040029A), May 31, 2001: Cessna 172B (N8054X), Wasilla, AK, Destroyed. (-23) On 05/31/2001 Cessna 172, N8054X was destroyed after a hard landing at Anderson lake airstrip. The pilot reported that she made the first approach to…

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