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N1261U

Cessna 172M

Valid Iowa

N1261U is a Cessna 172M, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1976. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Vlftec INC, a corporation in Ames, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 6, 1981 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 22, 1976.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172M
Serial number
17266956
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1976
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A06C8A (octal 50066212)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 6, 1981
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · March 22, 1976
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00220630

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Vlftec INC
Type
Corporation
Address
3020 White Oak Dr
Ames, IA 50014-8216

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.

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