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N78978

Cessna 172K

Valid Missouri

N78978 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 co-owned owners in Boonville, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 10, 2014 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 7, 1968.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172K
Serial number
17257796
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
AAB563 (octal 52532543)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 10, 2014
Expires
November 30, 2027
Last FAA action
April 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · December 7, 1968
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00905070

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Martin Gary P
Type
Co-owned
Address
14087 Old Highway 40
Boonville, MO 65233-2625
Co-owners
Martin Sandra M

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

1962-05-10Mooney M20C · exported to Peru · Valid registration

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