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N78086

Cessna 172K

Valid Montana

N78086 is a Cessna 172K, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1968. It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Helena, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 7, 1982 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 19, 1968.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172K
Serial number
17257475
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1968
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AA9415 (octal 52512025)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 7, 1982
Expires
August 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 3, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · September 19, 1968
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00924910

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Drake Ronald N
Type
Co-owned
Address
7463 Cactus Flats Dr
Helena, MT 59602-8405
Co-owners
Drake Vivian M

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

1953-06-02Globe GC-1B · exported to Canada · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data