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N8970B

Cessna 172

Valid Virginia

N8970B is a Cessna 172, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1958. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Chantilly, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 14, 2014 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated February 26, 1958.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172
Serial number
36670
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-300 SER · 145 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1958
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AC61AF (octal 53060657)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 14, 2014
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
September 30, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · February 26, 1958
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00001581

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Vecchioni Ronald N
Type
Individual
Address
4178 Dawn Valley Ct
Chantilly, VA 20151-3545

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