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N280ME

Cessna 172S

Valid Kentucky

N280ME 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 Eastern Kentucky University, a government body in Richmond, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 27, 2020 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 14, 2000.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172S
Serial number
172S8536
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
4
Year built
2000
Transponder code
A2CF13 (octal 50547423)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 27, 2020
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · August 14, 2000
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00005880

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Eastern Kentucky University
Type
Government
Address
Commonwealth 1411
521 Lancaster Ave
Richmond, KY 40475-3100

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