N55479 — 1981 Cessna 172P

Aircraft record

Serial number

17275191

Manufacturer

Cessna

Model

172P

Year

1981

Category

Fixed wing single-engine

Engine

Lycoming 0-320 Series

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N55479 →

Accident & incident history

1. ERA10FA029Oct 25, 2009Bennington, VTFatal · 1 fatal

   The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain during a night approach. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s non-standard traffic pattern over higher terrain.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the 1981 Cessna 172P).

1. Mar 13, 2012deregistered — Sky Training Llc

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N55479 was previously assigned to a different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the 1981 Cessna 172P above.

• until Oct 18, 1973Consolidated Vultee BT-13A (s/n 6424)

Frequently asked

Has N55479 been in an accident?

Yes. N55479 appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2009.

What kind of aircraft is N55479?

N55479 is a 1981 Cessna 172P (fixed wing single-engine), serial number 17275191.

Has N55479 been in a fatal accident?

An NTSB record for N55479 (ERA10FA029) is classified with a fatal highest injury level.