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N21878

Cessna 172M

Valid Alaska

N21878 is a Cessna 172M, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1974. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Kotzebue, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 26, 1998 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 3, 1974.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172M
Serial number
17264038
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1974
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A1DAA8 (octal 50355250)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 26, 1998
Expires
September 30, 2027
Last FAA action
March 17, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · October 3, 1974
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00851612

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lie Chris E
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 1218
Kotzebue, AK 99752-1218

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

1941-11-24Piper J4 · Valid registration

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