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N12633

Cessna Ector 305A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNew York

N12633 is a Cessna Ector 305A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1966. It has 2 seats. It is registered to East Moriches Aerial Advertising LTD, a corporation in Ridge, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 22, 2015 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 24, 1967.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna Ector
Model
305A · all 305As and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna Ector 305 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
2015
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1966
Cruising speed
99 mph
Transponder code
A06CD9 (octal 50066331)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 22, 2015
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 24, 1967
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00870630

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
East Moriches Aerial Advertising LTD
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
14 Millford Ct
Ridge, NY 11961-2900

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N12633 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Ridge, NY 14 aircraft registered in this town
  • New York 6,660 aircraft registered
Airworthiness
Live

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N12633, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to East Moriches Aerial Advertising LTD, a corporation, certificate issued October 22, 2015, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated May 24, 1967, consistent with the 1966 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2015 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N12633 according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N12633: Accident on July 3, 2016 at Shirley, NY: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 7, 2007 at Berkeley Townsh, NJ: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

ERA16CA241Accident on July 3, 2016 at Shirley, NY: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to accept an advised runway rather than determine actual airport winds, which resulted in the airplane landing with a quartering tailwind.

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NYC07LA160Accident on July 7, 2007 at Berkeley Townsh, NJ: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 12633

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna Ector 305A · operated under 091

A loss of engine power during cruise flight for undetermined reasons.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data