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N2438E

Cessna 172R

N2438E is a Cessna 172R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2000. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Rainier Flight Service LLC, an LLC in Renton, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 2, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated April 14, 2000.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172R
Serial number
17280878
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2000
Transponder code
A23E99 (octal 50437231)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 2, 2023
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
October 9, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · April 14, 2000
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00345750

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rainier Flight Service LLC
Type
LLC
Address
300 Airport Way Ste 201
Renton, WA 98057-5368

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 2

1989-04-17Cessna 172N · N-number assigned but not yet registered
1949-06-14Aeronca 7AC · Valid registration

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