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Cessna P172D · 1963 · Elyria, OH
N8574X is a 1963 Cessna P172D (serial P17257174), registered to Discover Aviation Center LLC (LLC) in Elyria, OH. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires November 2029; the airworthiness certificate dates from March 1963 (63 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor GO-300 SERIES engine rated at 175 hp, the engine on 86% of registered Cessna P172Ds. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address ABC453. It is one of 23 Cessna P172D aircraft on the FAA registry. Discover Aviation Center LLC holds 3 aircraft on the registry.
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19 of the 22 registered Cessna P172D carry this engine (86%), across 4 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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