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N5916J

Cessna 172N

Valid Florida

N5916J 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 United States Air Force - Owner, a government body in Eglin Afb, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 23, 2012 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated February 21, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N
Serial number
17273845
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
A7A451 (octal 51722121)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 23, 2012
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · February 21, 1980
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00811905

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
United States Air Force - Owner
Type
Government
Address
PO Box 1588
Eglin Afb, FL 32542-0588
Co-owners
Eglin Air Force Base Aero Club - Operator

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