{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2018-04-03","airworthiness_ops":"Research and development; Market survey","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2012-12-12","city":"MOBILE","country_code":"US","county_code":"097","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-09-25","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41597","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-360-L2A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-08-21","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072439","mode_s_code":"50434346","mode_s_hex":"A238E6","model":"172S","n_number":"N242RB","name":"CONTINENTAL AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES INC","num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N242RB is a Cessna 172S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2011. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Continental Aerospace Technologies INC, a corporation in Mobile, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 12, 2012 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development; market survey, dated April 3, 2018.","region":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"172S11131","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2039 S BROAD ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01075758","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N242RB","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2011,"zip":"366151286"}