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N8281E

Cessna 172N

Valid Kansas

N8281E 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 Air Plains Services CORP, a corporation in Wellington, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 28, 1997 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, dated December 4, 2017.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172N
Serial number
17272168
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-B1F · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AB5113 (octal 52650423)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 28, 1997
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
August 24, 2026
Airworthiness
Experimental · Research and development · December 4, 2017
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00883541

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Air Plains Services CORP
Type
Corporation
Address
439 N West Rd
Wellington, KS 67152-8047

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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