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N972A

Cessna L-19A

N972A is a Cessna L-19A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1951. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Gastonia, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 28, 2012 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 7, 1998.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
L-19A
Serial number
5111972
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1951
Cruising speed
86 mph
Transponder code
AD8B13 (octal 53305423)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 28, 2012
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · July 7, 1998
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00742475

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Kelly John M
Type
Individual
Address
224 Spargo St
Gastonia, NC 28056-9611

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

1971-12-17Piper PA-22 · Valid registration

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