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N316CA

Cessna 172M

Valid Montana

N316CA is a Cessna 172M, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Choice Aviation LLC, an LLC in Hamilton, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 9, 2013 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 29, 1993.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172M
Serial number
17265960
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A35D4E (octal 50656516)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 9, 2013
Expires
May 31, 2029
Last FAA action
June 16, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · July 29, 1993
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00764932

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Choice Aviation LLC
Type
LLC
Address
528 Airport Rd
Hamilton, MT 59840-8803

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

2001-10-01Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-21 · exported to Venezuela · Valid registration

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