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N178KA

Cessna 172L

Valid Maryland

N178KA is a Cessna 172L, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1971. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Oakland, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 27, 1993 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 13, 1971.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172L
Serial number
17260069
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1971
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A137C7 (octal 50233707)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 27, 1993
Expires
August 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 3, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · September 13, 1971
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00732460

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Swartzentruber Robert
Type
Individual
Address
6149 Garrett Hwy
Oakland, MD 21550-2201

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