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N4079F

Cessna 172

Valid Texas

N4079F is a Cessna 172, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1958. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Midland, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 22, 1982 and expires on January 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated October 16, 1958.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172
Serial number
36979
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1958
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A4CA3B (octal 51145073)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 22, 1982
Expires
January 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · October 16, 1958
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00091254

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Covington Gary N
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 535
Midland, TX 79702-0535

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