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N5971A

Cessna 172

Valid Michigan

N5971A 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 Niles, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 13, 2012 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for aerial advertising, dated October 31, 1975.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172
Serial number
28571
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
A7B9E4 (octal 51734744)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 13, 2012
Expires
December 31, 2028
Last FAA action
July 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Restricted · Aerial advertising · October 31, 1975
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00822045

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bolton Warren S JR
Type
Individual
Address
29093 Runkle Rd
Niles, MI 49120

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