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N3870Q

Cessna 172L

N3870Q is a Cessna 172L, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1971. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Lake Waccamaw Aviation LLC, an LLC in Lake Waccamaw, 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; utility, dated August 11, 1971.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172L
Serial number
17259970
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1971
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A477B2 (octal 51073662)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 13, 2011
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · August 11, 1971
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00040594

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lake Waccamaw Aviation LLC
Type
LLC
Address
601 Jefferson Rd
Lake Waccamaw, NC 28450-9521

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