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N6738A

Cessna 172

Valid Alabama

N6738A 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 Union Springs, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 21, 2014 and expires on February 28, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated June 30, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172
Serial number
28838
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
A8EA4E (octal 52165116)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 21, 2014
Expires
February 28, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · June 30, 1956
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00233326

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bufford David T
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 506
Union Springs, AL 36089-0506

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