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N196ME

Cessna 172S

N196ME is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2000. It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Elk Grove, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 9, 2012 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 15, 2000.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172S
Serial number
172S8471
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2000
Transponder code
A17F8D (octal 50277615)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 9, 2012
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · May 15, 2000
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00095670

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Pacific Lease
Type
Co-owned
Address
9523 Portside Ln
Elk Grove, CA 95758-4625
Co-owners
Schach Rolland S / Schach Frances M

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