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N5550J

Cessna 172N

Valid Texas

N5550J 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 Optima Aviation LLC DBA, an LLC in Lewisville, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 28, 2020 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated February 7, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N
Serial number
17273818
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
A7145F (octal 51612137)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 28, 2020
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · February 7, 1980
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00770166

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Optima Aviation LLC DBA
Type
LLC
Address
126 W Church St
Lewisville, TX 75057-3928
Co-owners
N5550J

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

1973-11-23Piper PA-32-260 · exported to New Zealand · Valid registration

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