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N518CA

Cessna 172N

N518CA is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Compass Aviation INC, a corporation in Shelby, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 20, 2016 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 15, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N
Serial number
17273049
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A67F5A (octal 51477532)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 20, 2016
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · August 15, 1979
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00712990

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Compass Aviation INC
Type
Corporation
Address
PO Box 307
Shelby, NC 28151-0307

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

2010-05-03Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B19 · exported to Bermuda · Valid registration

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