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N2159Y

Cessna 172D

Valid Minnesota

N2159Y is a Cessna 172D, 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 Watertown, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 24, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for aerial surveying, dated June 11, 2001.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172D
Serial number
17249659
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
A1CFBF (octal 50347677)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 24, 2023
Expires
February 28, 2030
Last FAA action
February 24, 2023
Airworthiness
Restricted · Aerial surveying · June 11, 2001
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00921522

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith Joshua
Type
Individual
Address
236 Verbena Dr
Watertown, MN 55388-8378

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