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N53J

Cessna 172N

Valid Louisiana

N53J 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 an individual in Lafayette, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 14, 2022 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 15, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N
Serial number
17272890
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
A6AEDC (octal 51527334)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 14, 2022
Expires
October 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 9, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · August 15, 1979
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00272866

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Van Way Dillion J
Type
Individual
Address
317 Silverbell Pkwy
Lafayette, LA 70508-4129

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

1984-11-29Jett SHOESTRING · Valid registration

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