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N78850

Cessna 172K

Valid Minnesota

N78850 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 Grand Rapids, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 1, 1997 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 4, 1968.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172K
Serial number
17257790
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
AAB15E (octal 52530536)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 1, 1997
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · December 4, 1968
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00295030

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Karpik Richard Paul
Type
Individual
Address
2621 Fraser St
Grand Rapids, MN 55744-3227

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

1951-09-07Aircraft Manufacturing TEXAS BULLET 205 · Valid registration

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