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N6156E

Cessna 172

Valid Maine

N6156E is a Cessna 172, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1958. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in West Bath, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 14, 1984 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated November 14, 1958.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172
Serial number
46256
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1958
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A80480 (octal 52002200)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 14, 1984
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
October 30, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · November 14, 1958
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
00271356

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Paynter John W
Type
Individual
Address
23 Colonial Dr
West Bath, ME 04530-6260

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