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N5278D

Cessna 172N

Valid Delaware

N5278D 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 N5278D LLC, an LLC in Dover, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 14, 2022 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 20, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N
Serial number
17272488
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
A6A663 (octal 51523143)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 14, 2022
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
August 22, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · March 20, 1979
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00252565

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
N5278D LLC
Type
LLC
Address
8 The Grn Ste B
Dover, DE 19901-3618

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

1958-07-17Cessna 180A · Valid registration

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