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N517SM

Cessna 172K

Valid Texas

N517SM is a Cessna 172K, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1968. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Iowa Park, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 23, 2025 and expires on August 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 4, 1968.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172K
Serial number
17257318
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1968
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A67D0C (octal 51476414)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 23, 2025
Expires
August 31, 2032
Last FAA action
August 23, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · September 4, 1968
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00653234

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mcelvain Pete R
Type
Individual
Address
1528 Bacon Switch Rd
Iowa Park, TX 76367-5971

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