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N3980S

Cessna 172E

N3980S is a Cessna 172E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Friday Harbor, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 10, 2023 and expires on October 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 14, 1964.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172E
Serial number
17251180
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A4A2EA (octal 51121352)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 10, 2023
Expires
October 31, 2030
Last FAA action
October 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · January 14, 1964
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00790784

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thompson Richard L
Type
Co-owned
Address
620 Warbass Way Ms 12
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Co-owners
Reimer Zachary T

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