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N5397R

Cessna 172M

Valid Iowa

N5397R is a Cessna 172M, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1974. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Iowa Lakes Community College, a government body in Estherville, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 7, 2021 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 18, 1974.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172M
Serial number
17263530
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1974
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A6D539 (octal 51552471)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 7, 2021
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · July 18, 1974
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00292995

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Iowa Lakes Community College
Type
Government
Address
19 S 7Th St
Estherville, IA 51334-2234

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

1965-08-04Cessna 172F · 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