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N8278X

Cessna 172C

Valid Tennessee

N8278X is a Cessna 172C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1961. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 20, 1994 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated October 24, 1961.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172C
Serial number
17248778
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1961
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AB4E62 (octal 52647142)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 20, 1994
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · October 24, 1961
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00403531

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Depew Gerald R
Type
Individual
Address
423 Robertsville Rd
Oak Ridge, TN 37830-4841

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