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N316A

Cessna 172N

Valid Maryland

N316A is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in North Potomac, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 29, 2006 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 2, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N
Serial number
17273226
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A35D1B (octal 50656433)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 29, 2006
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · May 2, 1980
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00702396

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Cheng Williams W
Type
Individual
Address
14104 Stonecutter Dr
North Potomac, MD 20878-4801

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

1967-09-18Douglas C-54E · exported to Norway · Valid registration
1964-08-04Douglas DC-7 · exported to Jordan · Valid registration

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