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N97LF

Cessna 172R

Valid Texas

N97LF is a Cessna 172R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1997. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Longview, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 29, 2015 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 15, 1997.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172R
Serial number
17280286
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER A&C · 200 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1997
Transponder code
AD824C (octal 53301114)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 29, 2015
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · December 15, 1997
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00176711

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Spengler Raymond Francis JR
Type
Individual
Address
311 Dovel Rd
Longview, TX 75603-7078

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