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CESSNA 172B: fleet, age & accident history

Name: CESSNA 172B — US fleet registrations and NTSB accident history
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Aggregate figures from the FAA Aircraft Registry (current US civil registrations) and the NTSB Aviation Accident Database. No individual owners are named on this page.

411currently registered

66average age (years)

1,960median model year

4seats

1engines

Accident-rate context

12.2NTSB events per 1,000 registered

5NTSB events (2008–2026)

NTSB-recorded events (loaded window) involving aircraft currently registered as this model, per 1,000 currently registered. Not a safety ranking; older events and deregistered aircraft are not counted.

Where CESSNA 172B aircraft are registered

Count of currently registered CESSNA 172B aircraft by registration state (FAA). Aggregate counts only.

State	Registered
California	40
Texas	39
Florida	22
Minnesota	17
Washington	15
Wisconsin	13

Check a specific CESSNA 172B

This page is the fleet overview. To see one aircraft's registration status, ownership chain, and NTSB accident history — matched by tail and serial number — look it up by tail number.

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source: FAA Aircraft Registry source: NTSB FAA vintage 2026-06-27 computed 2026-06-27