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N7872N

Cessna R172E

N7872N 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 Holloman Afb, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 25, 1967 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated November 3, 1967.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
R172E
Serial number
R172-0263
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
AAAD32 (octal 52526462)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 25, 1967
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · November 3, 1967
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00115000

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
United States Air Force Owner
Type
Government
Address
49 Force Support Squadron Aero Cl
PO Box 5009
Holloman Afb, NM 88330-5009
Co-owners
Holloman 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