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A Cessna 182 Skylane, the same model family as N143RM
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 4, 2026
N143RM

Cessna 182P

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesArkansas

N143RM 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 Oft7 LLC, an LLC in Ponca, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 12, 2024 and expires on December 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 26, 1975.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
182P · all 182Ps 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 182 Skylane 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
18263650
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
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
1975
Cruising speed
120 mph
Transponder code
A0AF58 (octal 50127530)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 12, 2024
Expires
December 31, 2031
Last FAA action
December 12, 2024
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 · February 26, 1975
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00803214

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Oft7 LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
PO Box 1
Ponca, AR 72670-0001

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

2006-12-07Maule MT-7-235 · Valid registration

Connections how N143RM links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
  • Oft7 LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
Place
  • Ponca, AR 4 aircraft registered in this town
  • Arkansas 3,499 aircraft registered
Airworthiness
Live

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N143RM, 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 Oft7 LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 12, 2024, expires December 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated February 26, 1975, consistent with the 1975 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18263650 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N143RM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Maule MT-7-235 (serial 18094C, cancelled December 7, 2006). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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

1 NTSB record under N143RM: Accident on September 15, 2006 at Ponca, AR: no injuries, substantial 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 1

DFW06CA215Accident on September 15, 2006 at Ponca, AR: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 18094C

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule MT-7 · operated under 091

The pilot's improper flare resulting in a hard landing.

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 November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data