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N5281J

Cessna 172N

Valid Michigan

N5281J is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Newaygo, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 24, 2012 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated January 22, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N
Serial number
17273753
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1980
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A6A92A (octal 51524452)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 24, 2012
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · January 22, 1980
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00762565

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Howell Jason
Type
Individual
Address
7389 Summer Ave
Newaygo, MI 49337-8157

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