Single-engine piston

N20495

1988 Christen Industries A-1

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1988
Serial
1045
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Soldotna, AK
Registration record

N20495 on the FAA register

Type
1988 Christen Industries A-1
Serial
1045
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Soldotna, AK
Certificate issued
2019-11-06
Airworthiness date
1988-06-27
Registration expires
2029-11-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A1A490
Mode S (octal)
50322220
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-11-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2019-11-06
    Certificate of registration issued as N20495 to the current registrant.
  • 1988-06-27
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1982-10-12
    N20495 previously assigned to a Cessna 172M Skyhawk / 172 Skyhawk / 172K Skyhawk (s/n 17261338); cancelled.
Overview

About N20495

N20495 is a 1988 Christen Industries A-1, serial number 1045. It is registered to an individual in Soldotna, Alaska. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 6, 2019 and expires on November 30, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O&VO-360 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated June 27, 1988.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N20495. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1980-06-26 Accident · Cardwell,Mo, 25 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 1799
Reported aircraft: Cessna 172M — a different aircraft that carried the N20495 registration before this airframe.

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.