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N8239X

Cessna 172C

Valid Nebraska

N8239X is a Cessna 172C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1962. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hastings, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 17, 2017 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for forest, dated June 2, 1994.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172C
Serial number
17248739
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1962
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AB3FA9 (octal 52637651)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 17, 2017
Expires
November 30, 2027
Last FAA action
April 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Restricted · Forest · June 2, 1994
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00493701

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hess Dan A
Type
Individual
Address
420 S Garfield Ave
Hastings, NE 68901-5846

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