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N1298M

Cessna 182P

Valid Alabama

N1298M is a Cessna 182P, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1975. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Redstone Arsenal Flying Activity, a government body in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 14, 2008 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 21, 1975.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
182P · all 182Ps and related versions
Serial number
18264280
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1975
Cruising speed
120 mph
Transponder code
A0789D (octal 50074235)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 14, 2008
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · October 21, 1975
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00270720

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Redstone Arsenal Flying Activity
Type
Government
Address
Building 4828
Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898

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Documents on file 0

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

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N1298M, 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 Redstone Arsenal Flying Activity, a government body, certificate issued November 14, 2008, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated October 21, 1975, consistent with the 1975 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18264280 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N1298M 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

3 NTSB records under N1298M: Accident on May 22, 2025 at Montgomery, AL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 10, 2007 at Bremerton, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Incident on April 11, 2000 at Tacoma, WA: no injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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

NTSB records 3

ERA25LA209Accident on May 22, 2025 at Montgomery, AL: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182 · operated under 091

The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance from a fence during taxi.

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

SEA07CA225Accident on August 10, 2007 at Bremerton, WA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182P · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during the landing flare. A factor was the encounter of the stall and subsequent hard landing.

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

SEA00IA069Incident on April 11, 2000 at Tacoma, WA: no injuries, minor damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182P · operated under 091

Flap attachment failure. Restricted movement of the aileron was a factor.

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data