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N3056U

Cessna 172E

N3056U is a Cessna 172E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1963. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in New Bern, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 13, 2011 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 9, 1963.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172E
Serial number
17250656
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1963
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A33522 (octal 50632442)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 13, 2011
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · October 9, 1963
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00461213

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Schans Richard L SR
Type
Individual
Address
160 Redwood Ln
New Bern, NC 28560-9459

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