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Cessna 140 · 1946 · Kenosha, WI
N72971 is a 1946 Cessna 140 (serial 10172), registered to Hammerle Tye F (individual) in Kenosha, WI. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires October 2027; the airworthiness certificate dates from August 1955 (71 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor C85 SERIES engine rated at 85 hp, the engine on 78% of registered Cessna 140s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A9C862. It is one of 1,603 Cessna 140 aircraft on the FAA registry. Hammerle Tye F holds 8 aircraft on the registry.
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1,218 of the 1,566 registered Cessna 140 carry this engine (78%), across 15 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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