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N7870N

Cessna R172E

Valid Colorado

N7870N 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 Colorado Springs, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 12, 1998 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated November 14, 1967.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
R172E
Serial number
R172-0261
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
AAACEC (octal 52526354)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 12, 1998
Expires
September 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 2, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · November 14, 1967
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00625080

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
United States Air Force Owner
Type
Government
Address
325 W Hamilton Ave
Colorado Springs, CO 80914-2309
Co-owners
Peterson Aero 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