N8278U
Cessna 172F
Valid
California
N8278U is a Cessna 172F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1964. It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Petaluma, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 14, 2022 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 28, 1964. 4 documents are on file: 4 × bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 172F
- Serial number
- 17252178
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1964
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- AB4E5F (octal 52647137)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 14, 2022
- Expires
- February 28, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · October 28, 1964
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00413531
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mattison Alan B
- Type
- Co-owned
- Address
- 1953 Matson Ranch Cir
Petaluma, CA 94954 - Co-owners
- Mattison Gerald L / Foreman Jennifer R
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 4
2026-09-14Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-14Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-14Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-14Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data