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N97MW

Cessna 172M

Valid Virginia

N97MW is a Cessna 172M, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1975. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Rudderworks Aviation LLC, an LLC in Fairfax Station, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 29, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 11, 1975.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172M
Serial number
17264946
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1975
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
AD8274 (octal 53301164)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 29, 2026
Expires
May 31, 2033
Last FAA action
May 29, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · March 11, 1975
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00931496

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rudderworks Aviation LLC
Type
LLC
Address
11110 Devereux Station Ln
Fairfax Station, VA 22039-2338

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

2013-08-20Welch Marshall Jr KOLB TWINSTAR MK II · Sale reported, canceled

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