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N12479

Cessna 172M

N12479 is a Cessna 172M, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1973. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Morgan Hill, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 30, 1993 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 13, 1973.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172M
Serial number
17262007
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1973
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A065FD (octal 50062775)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 30, 1993
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
April 21, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · August 13, 1973
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00250590

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Nielsen James R
Type
Individual
Address
2295 Mcdonald Lane
Morgan Hill, CA 95037

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1948-04-06Aeronca PC-3 · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data