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N3973Q

Cessna 172L

Valid Michigan

N3973Q 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 Idg Elsa LLC, an LLC in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 19, 2018 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 29, 1971.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172L
Serial number
17260073
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
A49F9A (octal 51117632)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 19, 2018
Expires
December 31, 2028
Last FAA action
July 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · September 29, 1971
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00180874

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Idg Elsa LLC
Type
LLC
Address
2531 Jackson Ave Ste 179
Ann Arbor, MI 48103-3818

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