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N849KS

Textron Aviation Inc 172S

Valid Kansas

N849KS is a Textron Aviation Inc 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2022. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Kansas State University, a government body in Salina, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 27, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated June 14, 2022.

Aircraft

Maker
Textron Aviation Inc
Model
172S
Serial number
172S12839
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-L2A · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2022
Transponder code
ABA23A (octal 52721072)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 27, 2022
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · June 14, 2022
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
01363919

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Kansas State University
Type
Government
Address
2310 Centennial Rd
Salina, KS 67401-8058
Co-owners
C/O Polytechnic Campus Aviation Dept

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

2014-04-25Schweizer 269C-1 · exported to China Peoples Rep · Valid registration

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