Cessna 195A
N195LS is a Cessna 195A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Ricks Aviation Adventures LLC, an LLC in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 3, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated April 25, 1957.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 195A · all 195As and related versions
- Serial number
- 7051
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Jacobs R755A SERIES · 300 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 1947
- Cruising speed
- 146 mph
- Transponder code
- A17BC9 (octal 50275711)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 3, 2023
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- February 3, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · April 25, 1957
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00204802
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ricks Aviation Adventures LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 706 Belmont Rd
Grand Forks, ND 58201-4910
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N195LS, 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.
Valid registration to Ricks Aviation Adventures LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 3, 2023, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 25, 1957, 10 years after the 1947 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7051 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N195LS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Ploof Donald G SEAREY (serial 1 MK 195, cancelled July 28, 2009). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
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]
2 NTSB records under N195LS: Accident on October 25, 2007 at Lake Berryessa, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 31, 1994 at Palo Alto, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ploof Progressive Aerodyne'S Searey · operated under 091
The airplane's encounter with a submerged object during landing in water, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX08CA019 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 195 · operated under 091
the pilot's improper use of the airplane's brakes during the landing rollout.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX94LA343 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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