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N52438

Cessna 172P

Valid Virginia

N52438 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 Rick Aviation INC, a corporation in Newport News, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 19, 2022 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 22, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172P
Serial number
17274522
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1980
Transponder code
A69AAC (octal 51515254)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 19, 2022
Expires
May 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · December 22, 1980
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00742455

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rick Aviation INC
Type
Corporation
Address
902D Bland Blvd
Newport News, VA 23602

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

1951-03-07Fairchild M-62A · Valid registration

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