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N78512

Cessna 172K

Valid Colorado

N78512 is a Cessna 172K, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1969. It has 4 seats. It is registered to United States Air Force Academy Aero Club, a government body in Usaf Academy, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 13, 1979 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated November 4, 1969.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172K
Serial number
17257646
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1969
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AAA5AF (octal 52522657)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 13, 1979
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · November 4, 1969
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00424940

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
United States Air Force Academy Aero Club
Type
Government
Address
9222 Airfield Dr
Usaf Academy, CO 80840-2098

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

1955-10-24Piper J3C-65S · Valid registration

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