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N3897R

Cessna 172H

N3897R 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 an individual in Lamar, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 10, 2005 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 26, 1966.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172H
Serial number
17255397
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
A48016 (octal 51100026)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 10, 2005
Expires
March 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · October 26, 1966
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00070544

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Price William B
Type
Individual
Address
937 Biplane Dr
Lamar, SC 29069-9721

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