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N7972G

Cessna 172L

N7972G is a Cessna 172L, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1971. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Minot Aero Center, a corporation in Minot, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 21, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 26, 1971.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172L
Serial number
17259672
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1971
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AAD4AB (octal 52552253)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 21, 2023
Expires
February 28, 2030
Last FAA action
February 21, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · March 26, 1971
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00405250

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Minot Aero Center
Type
Corporation
Address
2216 N Broadway
Minot, ND 58703-1011

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