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N78579

Cessna 172K

Valid Texas

N78579 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 Bandera, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 27, 2010 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated November 1, 1968.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172K
Serial number
17257673
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
AAA688 (octal 52523210)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 27, 2010
Expires
November 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 15, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · November 1, 1968
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00684970

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hamilton George D
Type
Individual
Address
1194 Whartons Dock Rd
Bandera, TX 78003-3875

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

1964-01-06Piper PA-12 · Valid registration

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