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N72262

Cessna 140

Valid Minnesota

N72262 is a Cessna 140, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Anoka, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 25, 1988 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 10, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
140
Serial number
9436
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A9AE3F (octal 52327077)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 25, 1988
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
April 21, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · August 10, 1956
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00351447

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Schmelzer Richard R
Type
Co-owned
Address
1721 3Rd Ave So
Anoka, MN 55303
Co-owners
Schmelzer Thomas D

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