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N6872A

Cessna 172

N6872A is a Cessna 172, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Murrieta, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 31, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 6, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172
Serial number
28972
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A91FD7 (octal 52217727)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 31, 2024
Expires
May 31, 2031
Last FAA action
May 31, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · July 6, 1956
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00340117

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Coats Alexander
Type
Individual
Address
33680 Willow Haven Ln Unit 102
Murrieta, CA 92563-3460

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