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N78183

Cessna 172K

Valid Texas

N78183 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 Ponder, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 30, 2024 and expires on September 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 27, 1968.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172K
Serial number
17257516
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
AA97C9 (octal 52513711)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 30, 2024
Expires
September 30, 2031
Last FAA action
September 30, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · September 27, 1968
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00814870

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smolik Vincent C
Type
Co-owned
Address
219 Lakewood Ln
Ponder, TX 76259-1008
Co-owners
Smolik Amanada F

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