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N6780H

Cessna 172M

Valid Alabama

N6780H is a Cessna 172M, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1975. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Shelby, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 1, 2018 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 18, 1975.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172M
Serial number
17265579
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1975
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A8FBD0 (octal 52175720)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 1, 2018
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
April 21, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · July 18, 1975
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00103486

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Merrell Shane F
Type
Individual
Address
64 5Th Ave
Shelby, AL 35143-5027

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

1949-02-02Piper J-3C · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data