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N97872

Cessna 182Q

Valid Michigan

N97872 is a Cessna 182Q, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Aardvark Aviation LLC, an LLC in Alpena, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 30, 2021 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 31, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
182Q
Serial number
18267236
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
112 mph
Transponder code
ADA4C5 (octal 53322305)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 30, 2021
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · August 31, 1979
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00553850

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Aardvark Aviation LLC
Type
LLC
Address
6412 Bolton Rd
Alpena, MI 49707-9770

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

1951-05-08Stinson 108-1 · Valid registration

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