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N1478Y

Cessna 172C

N1478Y is a Cessna 172C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1962. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lafayette, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 3, 2019 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 10, 1962.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172C
Serial number
17249178
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1962
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A0C038 (octal 50140070)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 3, 2019
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · February 10, 1962
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00011800

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Cunningham Richard E
Type
Individual
Address
999 Victoria Ct
Lafayette, CA 94549-4622

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