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N7869N

Cessna R172E

Valid Maryland

N7869N is a Cessna R172E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1967. It has 4 seats. It is registered to United States Air Force Owner, a government body in Patuxent River, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 8, 2011 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated November 2, 1967.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
R172E
Serial number
R172-0260
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO-360 SER · 300 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1967
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
AAAA70 (octal 52525160)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 8, 2011
Expires
March 31, 2030
Last FAA action
October 13, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · November 2, 1967
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00955050

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
United States Air Force Owner
Type
Government
Address
47402 Buse Rd
Patuxent River, MD 20670
Co-owners
Patuxent River Navy Flying Club Operator

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