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N53116

Cessna 172S

N53116 is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Wnc Aviation LLC, an LLC in Arden, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 6, 2003 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 18, 2002.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172S
Serial number
172S9283
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2002
Transponder code
A6B6BE (octal 51533276)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 6, 2003
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · December 18, 2002
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00024469

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wnc Aviation LLC
Type
LLC
Address
229 Airport Rd Ste 7 # 127
Arden, NC 28704-6403

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

1998-10-05Boeing 747-131 · Valid registration

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