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N3896Q

Cessna 172L

Valid Iowa

N3896Q 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 Nishna Valley Flying Club, a corporation in Red Oak, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 30, 1977 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 19, 1971.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172L
Serial number
17259996
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
A47FF2 (octal 51077762)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 30, 1977
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · August 19, 1971
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00790534

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Nishna Valley Flying Club
Type
Corporation
Address
PO Box 55
Red Oak, IA 51566

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