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N8173B

Cessna 172

N8173B is a Cessna 172, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1957. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Better Air Service LLC, an LLC in Dailey, West Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 17, 2018 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated June 18, 1957.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172
Serial number
29973
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1957
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AB2620 (octal 52623040)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 17, 2018
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · June 18, 1957
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00800072

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Better Air Service LLC
Type
LLC
Address
PO Box 100
Dailey, WV 26259-0100

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