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N1397Y

Cessna 172C

Valid Indiana

N1397Y is a Cessna 172C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1961. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 29, 1986 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 2, 1961.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172C
Serial number
17249097
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1961
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A0A004 (octal 50120004)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 29, 1986
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
October 20, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · December 2, 1961
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00401630

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Meyer Richard L
Type
Individual
Address
11527 Wexsford Dr
Fort Wayne, IN 46814-7522

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