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N172FA

Cessna 172S

Valid Michigan

N172FA is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2012. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Northwestern Michigan College, a government body in Traverse City, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 10, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 6, 2012.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172S
Serial number
172S11167
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2012
Transponder code
A12119 (octal 50220431)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 10, 2019
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · March 6, 2012
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01089547

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Northwestern Michigan College
Type
Government
Address
1701 E Front St
Traverse City, MI 49686-3016

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

2008-04-03Cessna 172S · exported to Poland · Valid registration

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