N78658 — 1968 Cessna 172K

Aircraft record

Serial number

17257708

Manufacturer

Cessna

Model

172K

Year

1968

Category

Fixed wing single-engine

Engine

Lycoming 0-320 Series

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N78658 →

Accident & incident history

1. GAA19CA439Jun 30, 2019Manteo, NCMinor

   The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the 1968 Cessna 172K).

1. Jun 4, 2020deregistered — Sale Reported

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N78658 was previously assigned to a different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the 1968 Cessna 172K above.

• until Mar 26, 19561947 Piper PA-11 (s/n 11-1419)

Frequently asked

Has N78658 been in an accident?

Yes. N78658 appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2019.

What kind of aircraft is N78658?

N78658 is a 1968 Cessna 172K (fixed wing single-engine), serial number 17257708.