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N72853

Cessna 140

Valid Florida

N72853 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 Cedar Key, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 24, 2018 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 14, 1958.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
140
Serial number
10040
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
A9C467 (octal 52342147)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 24, 2018
Expires
May 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 12, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · May 14, 1958
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00251597

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Day Michael J Trustee
Type
Individual
Address
12811 Hodgson Ave
Cedar Key, FL 32625-6800

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