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N8697B

Cessna 172

Valid Arkansas

N8697B 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 Hillis Gary D, a partnership in Brookland, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 3, 2012 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated August 17, 1961.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172
Serial number
36397
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
ABF395 (octal 52771625)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 3, 2012
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
December 10, 2024
Airworthiness
Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · August 17, 1961
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00212301

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hillis Gary D
Type
Partnership
Address
147 County Road 960
Brookland, AR 72417-8554
Co-owners
Hillis Sharon

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