Single-engine piston

N41FA

1979 Cessna 172N Skyhawk

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1979
Serial
17272997
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Kingsky Flight Academy LLC (LLC)
Based
Lakeland, FL
Registration record

N41FA on the FAA register

Type
1979 Cessna 172N Skyhawk
Serial
17272997
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Registered owner
Kingsky Flight Academy LLC
Lakeland, FL
Certificate issued
2025-08-05
Airworthiness date
1979-08-15
Registration expires
2032-08-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A4D245
Mode S (octal)
51151105
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
440 nm
Cruise (type)
122 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-08-05
    Certificate of registration issued as N41FA to the current registrant.
  • 2010-05-11
    N41FA previously assigned to a Homebuilt SF-24A Motorspatz (s/n 4021); cancelled.
  • 1979-08-15
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N41FA

N41FA is a 1979 Cessna 172N Skyhawk, serial number 17272997. The FAA register lists Kingsky Flight Academy LLC as the registrant in Lakeland, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 5, 2025 and expires on August 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-320 series engine and 4 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 122 knots and a range of about 440 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated August 15, 1979.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N41FA. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Cruise
122 kt
Range
440 nm
Power / thrust (each)
160
Takeoff over 50 ft
1,390 ft
Landing over 50 ft
1,250 ft
Fuel burn
8 gph

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Safety record

Accident & incident history

2006-08-25 Accident · Wichita, KS Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · DEN06LA118
Reported aircraft: Scheibe Flugzeugbau SF-24A Motorspatz — a different aircraft that carried the N41FA registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Factors were the low airspeed and the inadvertent stall and spin.
1972-02-13 Accident · Dodge City,Kans, 16 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 2026
Reported aircraft: Motor Spatz SF24 — a different aircraft that carried the N41FA registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: DIKE.WINDS GUSTING.

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.