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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N3856S

Cessna 172E

Valid Alaska

N3856S is a Cessna 172E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Nome, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 13, 2023 and expires on October 31, 2030. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172E
Serial number
17251056
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A47118 (octal 51070430)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 13, 2023
Expires
October 31, 2030
Last FAA action
October 13, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00450016

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sobie David M
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 245
Nome, AK 99762-0245

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