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1979 Cessna 172N SkyhawkSingle-Engine Piston Aircraft • Carbondale, IL, USA

This 1979 Cessna 172N Skyhawk (N8450E) presents as a well-maintained trainer or traveler with 8,080 total hours on the airframe and a Penn Yan 160hp Lycoming O-320-D2J engine showing 950 SMOH since its 2011 overhaul. The aircraft benefits from a gross weight increase to 2,400 lbs via STC, along with flap restriction to 30 degrees as part of the Penn Yan conversion. The 2011 overhaul followed a hard landing that necessitated a new propeller, engine, and firewall-forward work, with comprehensive interior updates including leather seats, new windows, headliner, carpet, and Rosen shades completed at that time.

Avionics feature an L3 Lynx...

Year: 1979

Make: Cessna

Series: 172

Model: 172N Skyhawk

Tail #: N8450E

Serial #: 17272205

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Specifications

Category: Single-Engine Piston

Intended Use: Training, Recreational

Flight Rules: VFR & IFR

Useful Load: 893 lbs

Seats: 4

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time: 8,080 hrs

Engine 1 Time: 950 hrs (SMOH)

Logbook Status: Complete logs, digitized 2011 forward

Inspection Status: April 2025 annual inspection

Avionics

GPS

Lynx L3 NGT9000 - ADS-B in/out w/ transponder WAAS GPS with traffic and weather WIFIs to an IPad

Comms

KX155 - Dual NAV/COMs

Audio

KMA 24 - KMA audio panel

intercom

PS Engineering PM1000II - PS 4-place intercom

ADS-B Out

Lynx L3 NGT9000 - ADS-B in/out w/ transponder WAAS GPS with traffic and weather WIFIs to an IPad

ADS-B In

Lynx L3 NGT9000 - ADS-B in/out w/ transponder WAAS GPS with traffic and weather WIFIs to an IPad

Additional Equipment

Landing Lights

Prometheus LED taxi & landing lights

Strobe Lights

Wingtip strobes

Courtesy Lights

Wing courtesy lights

Power Port

Single point aux. power port

Cowl Fasteners

Skybolt flush cowl fasteners

Seats

Leather seats

Seat Belts

Seat belt webbing, front shoulder harness

Window Shades

Rosen shades

Windows

Tinted windows

Interior

Interior, headliner, carpet all done in 2011

Storage

Rear 'hat shelf' deck storage

Steps

Lift strut steps & handles

Engine Pre-Heat

REIF engine pre-heat

Oil System

Oil filter & quick drain

Battery Minder

Wheel Pants

Matching wrapped wheel pants

Cowl Plugs

Bruce cowl plugs

Interior & Exterior

Interior Year: 2011

Interior Notes: Leather seats, new belt webbing, front shoulder harnesses, new windows, new interior plastic and headliner, new carpet, Rosen shades, and a convenient rear deck storage with cargo net for light items like sleeping pads & bag. Baggage door as storage pockets.