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N79477

Cessna 172K

Valid Illinois

N79477 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 an individual in Yates City, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 2, 1988 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 26, 1969.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172K
Serial number
17258120
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
AACA4E (octal 52545116)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 2, 1988
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · March 26, 1969
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00005200

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shipley David L
Type
Individual
Address
1942 Rt 8
Yates City, IL 61572

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