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N76978

Cessna 140

N76978 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 Etowah, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 1, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated March 11, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
140
Serial number
11424
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C90 SERIES · 95 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AA6665 (octal 52463145)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 1, 2023
Expires
November 30, 2030
Last FAA action
November 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · March 11, 1956
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00243427

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Pelz Michael J
Type
Individual
Address
273 Nicholson Ln
Etowah, NC 28729-9728

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