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N8342B

Cessna 172

Valid Virginia

N8342B is a Cessna 172, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1957. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Christiansburg, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 8, 1985 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 27, 1957.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172
Serial number
36142
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1957
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AB69D6 (octal 52664726)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 8, 1985
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · August 27, 1957
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00183331

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shelton Harold G
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 512
Christiansburg, VA 24068-0512

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