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N8561U

Cessna 172F

Valid Florida

N8561U 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 an individual in Fort Myers, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 3, 2008 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 29, 1964.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172F
Serial number
17252461
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
ABC030 (octal 52740060)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 3, 2008
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
August 12, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · December 29, 1964
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00782641

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith Michael V
Type
Individual
Address
11536 Grey Egret Cir
Fort Myers, FL 33966-5802

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