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    Airframe Family: Cessna 172 Skyhawk / T-41 Mescalero
    Latest Model:172
    Construction Number:172-28278
    Last Civil Registration:N5678A
    Compressed ID:Cessna 172 cn 172-28278 cr N5678A
    Latest Owner or Location:David D. Bailey, Twentynine Palms, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as a 172.

    18 January 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5678A (172, 172-28278) issued.

    24 February 2006

    To David D. Bailey, Twentynine Palms, CA with new c/r N5678A.

    21 May 2008


    Photographer: Krister Karlsmoen
    Notes: N5678A Cessna 172 at Twentynine Palms, California

    12 April 2019

    To David D. Bailey, Twentynine Palms, CA keeping c/r N5678A.
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