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N78538

Cessna 172K

Valid Wisconsin

N78538 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 an individual in Winter, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 13, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 6, 1969.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172K
Serial number
17257660
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
AAA5FB (octal 52522773)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 13, 2025
Expires
September 30, 2032
Last FAA action
September 13, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · March 6, 1969
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00094950

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Drover Michael A
Type
Individual
Address
N4638 Lagoon Rd
Winter, WI 54896-5237

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