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N79178

Cessna 172K

N79178 is a Cessna 172K, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1969. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Quonset Aero Club INC, a corporation in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 11, 1993 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172K
Serial number
17257937
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1969
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AABF2A (octal 52537452)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 11, 1993
Expires
May 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 12, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
00395320

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Quonset Aero Club INC
Type
Corporation
Address
PO Box 1123
North Kingstown, RI 02854-1123

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