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N3568E

Cessna 172N

N3568E is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Colonial Air INC, a corporation in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 11, 1988 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 29, 1978.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N
Serial number
17271592
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1978
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A3FE8C (octal 50777214)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 11, 1988
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · September 29, 1978
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
00262933

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Colonial Air INC
Type
Corporation
Address
1605 Airport Rd
New Bedford Municipal Airport
New Bedford, MA 02746

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

1960-05-24Aeronca 11AC · Valid registration

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