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N72878

Cessna 140

N72878 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 North Andover, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 22, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated December 6, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
140
Serial number
10072
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
A9C4B2 (octal 52342262)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 22, 2024
Expires
May 31, 2031
Last FAA action
May 22, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · December 6, 1956
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
00011607

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Doughty Frank
Type
Individual
Address
251 Granville Ln
North Andover, MA 01845-4905

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