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N5487B

1979 Cessna 152

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 15283882

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Jul 31, 2029.

Registered owner

Potcake Aviation LLC

Owner type: LLC
Address: Po Box 7967, Missoula, MT 59807
Fleet: 3 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Cessna 152
Year built: 1979
Serial number: 15283882
Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Land
Engines: 1 × Four-cycle · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats: 2
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Sep 24, 1979)
Mode S code: A6F8F3 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Jul 6, 2022 · last FAA action Aug 18, 2023

Past registrations of N5487B

N-numbers are reused. Each line is an earlier registration, ending on the date the FAA canceled it.

Aug 27, 1956 Cessna 182 · serial 33487 Cessna Aircraft Co · Wichita, KS

What a Cessna 152 looks likePhoto of a Cessna 152, not this aircraft: MilborneOne, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Where is it now?

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