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N78197

Cessna 172K

Valid Ohio

N78197 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 Allen County Regional Airport Authority, a government body in Lima, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 4, 2019 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 26, 1968.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172K
Serial number
17257523
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
AA97F0 (octal 52513760)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 4, 2019
Expires
February 28, 2029
Last FAA action
July 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · September 26, 1968
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00324880

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Allen County Regional Airport Authority
Type
Government
Address
PO Box 1401
Lima, OH 45802-1401

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

1955-06-02Globe 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