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N3983S

Cessna 172E

N3983S is a Cessna 172E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1964. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Clinton, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 7, 2009 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 23, 1964.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172E
Serial number
17251183
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1964
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A4A353 (octal 51121523)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 7, 2009
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · January 23, 1964
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00022895

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Patterson Richard A
Type
Individual
Address
532 Milam Rd
Clinton, SC 29325-6323

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