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N3873R

Cessna 172H

N3873R is a Cessna 172H, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1966. It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Sunnyvale, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 19, 2003 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 19, 1966.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172H
Serial number
17255373
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1966
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A4781C (octal 51074034)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 19, 2003
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · October 19, 1966
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00410424

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Foster William G JR
Type
Co-owned
Address
1481 Blackhawk Ct
Sunnyvale, CA 94087-3341
Co-owners
Foster Susan J

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