# N96273: Cessna 172P, registration cancelled 2000-06-02

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 2, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 17276050
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: December 15, 1983
- Last registry action: May 16, 2000
- Mode S code: AD66FD
- Owner when cancelled: [Fitchburg-Colonial Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FITCHBURG-COLONIAL%20AVIATION%20INC)
- Location: [Fitchburg, MA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MA/Fitchburg)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 42.5849° N, 71.8169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 01420, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96273
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=96273
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96273-2000-06-02

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 172P: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p.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 NYC00FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA058), Dec 22, 1999: Cessna 172P (N96273), Leominster, MA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to see and avoid the private pilot's airplane. Factors included the student pilot's non-standard traffic pattern entry, the private pilot's failure to check for other…

## 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 19991222036631A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991222036631A), Dec 22, 1999: Cessna 172P (N96273), Fitchburg, MA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (.4)The private pilot was conducting landings in a left traffic pattern to runway 32, and the student pilot was inbound on an instructional solo flight. The…

## Other aircraft with N96273

- [Cancelled 1970-11-16](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96273-1970-11-16): Taylorcraft BC12-D, S/N 8573, built 1946. Owner: [Armstrong Max E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ARMSTRONG%20MAX%20E), [New Bern, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/New%20Bern)

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