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N159FS

Cessna 172R

Valid Kentucky

N159FS is a Cessna 172R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1999. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Eastern Kentrucky University, a government body in Richmond, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 3, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated January 14, 2015.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172R
Serial number
17280816
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1999
Transponder code
A0EC2C (octal 50166054)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 3, 2022
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · January 14, 2015
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00856002

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Eastern Kentrucky University
Type
Government
Address
Commonwealth 1411
521 Lancaster Ave
Richmond, KY 40475-3100

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