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N4897E

Cessna 172N

N4897E is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Sig Flights LLC, an LLC in Hickory, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 23, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 14, 1978.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N
Serial number
17271674
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1978
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A60D5A (octal 51406532)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 23, 2024
Expires
January 31, 2031
Last FAA action
January 23, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · October 14, 1978
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00620485

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sig Flights LLC
Type
LLC
Address
1319 7Th St NW
Hickory, NC 28601-2413

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

1968-08-07Champion 7FC · exported to Canada · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data