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N5972A

Cessna 172

Valid Texas

N5972A 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 Lingleville, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 16, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated March 24, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172
Serial number
28572
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
A7BA07 (octal 51735007)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 16, 2025
Expires
May 31, 2032
Last FAA action
May 16, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · March 24, 1956
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00812045

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Willams Christopher R
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 157
Lingleville, TX 76461-0157

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