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N5697E

Cessna 172N

Valid Alabama

N5697E is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Redstone Arsenal Flying Activity, a government body in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 18, 2006 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated January 22, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N
Serial number
17271922
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1978
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A74BAB (octal 51645653)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 18, 2006
Expires
December 31, 2027
Last FAA action
April 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · January 22, 1979
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00530446

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Redstone Arsenal Flying Activity
Type
Government
Address
Bldg 4828
Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898

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

1959-06-18Cessna 150 · exported to Colombia · Valid registration

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