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N5251E

Cessna 172N

Valid Wisconsin

N5251E is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Rhinelander Flying Service INC, a corporation in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 14, 1985 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; aerial surveying, dated June 25, 1992.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N
Serial number
17271799
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1977
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A69E01 (octal 51517001)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 14, 1985
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Aerial surveying · June 25, 1992
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00652475

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rhinelander Flying Service INC
Type
Corporation
Address
PO Bocx 501
Rhinelander, WI 54501

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

1962-02-16Cessna 180B · exported to Australia · Valid registration

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