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N981WU

Cessna 172R

Valid Kentucky

N981WU is a Cessna 172R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1998. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Eastern Kentucky University, a government body in Richmond, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 9, 2021 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 22, 1998.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172R
Serial number
17280555
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1998
Transponder code
ADB0E2 (octal 53330342)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 9, 2021
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · May 22, 1998
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00257221

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Eastern Kentucky University
Type
Government
Address
Commonwealth 1411
521 Lancaster Ave
Richmond, KY 40475

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