Single-engine piston

N168CA

2023 Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2023
Serial
172S13068
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Civil Air Patrol (Corporation)
Based
Maxwell Afb, AL
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Registration record

N168CA on the FAA register

Type
2023 Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP
Serial
172S13068
Engines
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
Registered owner
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell Afb, AL
Certificate issued
2024-01-13
Airworthiness date
2023-10-20
Registration expires
2031-01-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, utility
Mode S (hex)
A10F99
Mode S (octal)
50207631
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
517 nm
Cruise (type)
124 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-01-13
    Certificate of registration issued as N168CA to the current registrant.
  • 2023-10-20
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, utility)).
  • 2001-03-01
    N168CA previously assigned to a Embraer EMB-120RT (s/n 120168); cancelled.
Overview

About N168CA

N168CA is a 2023 Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP, serial number 172S13068. The FAA register lists Civil Air Patrol as the registrant in Maxwell Afb, Alabama. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 13, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO-360-L2A engine and 4 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 124 knots and a range of about 517 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal, utility), dated October 20, 2023.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N168CA. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Cruise
124 kt
Range
517 nm
Power / thrust (each)
180
Takeoff over 50 ft
1,630 ft
Landing over 50 ft
1,335 ft
Fuel burn
10 gph

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Safety record

Accident & incident history

1996-06-23 Accident · Orlando, FL Damage: Substantial NTSB · MIA96FA162
Reported aircraft: Embraer 120 — a different aircraft that carried the N168CA registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: the aircraft manufacture's inadequate written procedures in the airplane flight manual/quick reference handbook, which resulted in a failure of the landing gear to extend and a wheels up emergency landing, due to hydraulic blockage in the landing gear solenoid valve. Factors relating to the accident were: the chafed and ruptured hydraulic line and the subsequent hydraulic leak, which resulted in loss of hydraulic pressure and an inoperative normal landing gear extension system.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.