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N79031

Cessna 172K

N79031 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 Spencer, West Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 26, 1998 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 23, 1968.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172K
Serial number
17257826
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
AABAE0 (octal 52535340)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 26, 1998
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · December 23, 1968
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00825160

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith Robert L II
Type
Individual
Address
3471 Clay Rd
Spencer, WV 25276-6943

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

1950-03-08Consolidated Vultee BT-15 · Valid registration

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