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N72431

Cessna 140

N72431 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 an individual in Santa Cruz, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 8, 1985 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated April 5, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
140
Serial number
9596
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
A9B543 (octal 52332503)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 8, 1985
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · April 5, 1956
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00361487

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Katzman Solomon J
Type
Individual
Address
521 National St
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-6038

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