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N52280

Cessna 172P

Valid Illinois

N52280 is a Cessna 172P, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Southern Air LLC, an LLC in Marissa, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 14, 2017 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 10, 1980. 4 documents are on file: 2 × loan or lien (security agreement), 2 × bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172P
Serial number
17274479
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1980
Transponder code
A693E5 (octal 51511745)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 14, 2017
Expires
February 28, 2030
Last FAA action
October 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · December 10, 1980
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00922525

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Southern Air LLC
Type
LLC
Address
PO Box 17
Marissa, IL 62257-0017

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 4

2026-09-24Loan or lien (security agreement)
2026-09-24Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-24Loan or lien (security agreement)
2026-09-24Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Earlier use of this number 2

1973-11-07Cessna 182P · exported to Mexico · Valid registration
1963-12-09Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR · Valid registration

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