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N8172Q

Piper PA-28-181

N8172Q is a Piper PA-28-181, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Frost Aviation Services INC, a corporation in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 4, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated February 22, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-181
Serial number
28-8090263
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1980
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AB260A (octal 52623012)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 4, 2024
Expires
March 31, 2031
Last FAA action
April 29, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · February 22, 1980
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00350072

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Frost Aviation Services INC
Type
Corporation
Address
2505 Clearview Dr
Las Cruces, NM 88011

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

1972-05-01Cessna 414 · exported to Switzerland · Valid registration

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