Twin piston

N5252C

1967 Cessna O-2A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1967
Serial
67-21353
Class
Twin piston
Engines
2 × Continental IO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory (Corporation)
Based
North Logan, UT
Registration record

N5252C on the FAA register

Type
1967 Cessna O-2A
Serial
67-21353
Engines
2 × Continental IO-360 series
Registered owner
Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory
North Logan, UT
Certificate issued
2009-09-16
Airworthiness date
2025-10-22
Registration expires
2028-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · research & development
Mode S (hex)
A69E22
Mode S (octal)
51517042
Seats (type)
6
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-10-22
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (research & development)).
  • 2009-09-16
    Certificate of registration issued as N5252C to the current registrant.
  • 1967
    Manufactured (1967).
  • 1952-02-07
    N5252C previously assigned to a Beechcraft B35 Bonanza / Bonanza B35 (s/n D-2644); cancelled.
Overview

About N5252C

N5252C is a 1967 Cessna O-2A, serial number 67-21353. The FAA register lists Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory as the registrant in North Logan, Utah. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 16, 2009 and expires on August 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a twin piston, two Continental IO-360 series engines and 6 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (research & development), dated October 22, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N5252C.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N5252C.

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.