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N9978F

Cessna 172R

N9978F 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 Hopland, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 12, 2022 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 30, 1997.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
172R
Serial number
17280203
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER A&C · 200 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1997
Transponder code
ADF01A (octal 53370032)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 12, 2022
Expires
October 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 9, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · October 30, 1997
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00336871

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sloan Jeffrey L
Type
Individual
Address
3800 Feliz Creek Rd
Hopland, CA 95449-9647

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

1954-03-30Fairchild PT-26B · exported to Morocco · Valid registration

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