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N78240

Cessna 172K

N78240 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 Vermillion, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 8, 1998 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 7, 1968.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172K
Serial number
17257541
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
AA9AF1 (octal 52515361)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 8, 1998
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · October 7, 1968
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00914880

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Kinney Joan M
Type
Co-owned
Address
46453 312Th St
Vermillion, SD 57069-6778
Co-owners
Kinney James 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

1949-03-08Globe GC-1B · exported to Uruguay · Valid registration

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