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N9878G

Cessna 172L

Valid Florida

N9878G is a Cessna 172L, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1971. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Royal Aviation Academy LLC, an LLC in Sarasota, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 3, 2022 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 19, 1971.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172L
Serial number
17259778
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1971
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
ADC89C (octal 53344234)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 3, 2022
Expires
October 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 9, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · May 19, 1971
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00483590

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Royal Aviation Academy LLC
Type
LLC
Address
4402 S Tamiami Trl
Sarasota, FL 34231-3401

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