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N78142

Cessna 172K

Valid Minnesota

N78142 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 Circle Pines, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 28, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 18, 1968.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172K
Serial number
17257499
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
AA973C (octal 52513474)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 28, 2020
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
September 30, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · September 18, 1968
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00284860

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Partyka Kenneth M
Type
Co-owned
Address
4414 87Th Ave NE
Circle Pines, MN 55014-4000
Co-owners
Mcfee Max R

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

1956-03-16Globe GC-1B · Valid registration

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