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N738MJ

Cessna 172N

Valid Iowa

N738MJ is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Optic Air LLC, an LLC in Sioux Center, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 19, 2022 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 15, 1977.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N
Serial number
17270082
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1977
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A9E9DF (octal 52364737)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 19, 2022
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · December 15, 1977
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00272247

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Optic Air LLC
Type
LLC
Address
1873 5Th Ave SE
Sioux Center, IA 51250-2937

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