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N5863A

Cessna 172

Valid Alabama

N5863A is a Cessna 172, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1956. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Tanner, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 8, 2000 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated March 1, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172
Serial number
28463
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1956
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A78EF4 (octal 51707364)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 8, 2000
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · March 1, 1956
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00041765

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Dabney Richard W
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 563
Tanner, AL 35671-0563

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.

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