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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N7979X

Cessna 172B

N7979X is a Cessna 172B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Thompson, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 12, 2017 and expires on June 30, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172B
Serial number
17248479
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AAD5AF (octal 52552657)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 12, 2017
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00085300

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Knutson Wayne R
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 308
Thompson, ND 58278-0308

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