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N78417

Cessna A188B

Valid Kansas

N78417 is a Cessna A188B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1974. It has 1 seat. It is registered to co-owned owners in Lancaster, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 7, 2010 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated December 16, 1974.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
A188B
Serial number
18801952T
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1974
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
AAA1FD (octal 52520775)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 7, 2010
Expires
August 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 3, 2023
Airworthiness
Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · December 16, 1974
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00044920

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mcelwain Russell D
Type
Co-owned
Address
11599 286Th Rd
Lancaster, KS 66041-9138
Co-owners
Mcelwain Kyle 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.

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