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N5238K

Cessna 172P

Valid Iowa

N5238K 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 Optic Air LLC, an LLC in Sioux Center, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 26, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated June 20, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172P
Serial number
17274026
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1980
Transponder code
A6978D (octal 51513615)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 26, 2022
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · June 20, 1980
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00462435

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Optic Air LLC
Type
LLC
Address
1873 5Th Ave SE
Sioux Center, IA 51250-2937

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