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N8243E

Cessna 172N

N8243E is a Cessna 172N, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Macon Air LLC, an LLC in Franklin, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 15, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated January 31, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N
Serial number
17272155
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AB427D (octal 52641175)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 15, 2024
Expires
January 31, 2031
Last FAA action
January 15, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · January 31, 1979
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00753701

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Macon Air LLC
Type
LLC
Address
1241 Airport Rd
Franklin, NC 28734-7043

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

1965-05-20Beech A45 (T-34A) · Valid registration

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