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N2145Z

Cessna T182T

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesKansas

N2145Z is a Cessna T182T, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Textron Aviation INC, a corporation in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 25, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development; to show compliance with regulations; crew training; market survey, dated September 7, 2011.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
T182T · all T182Ts 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 T182 Turbo 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
T18208204
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
TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A · 235 hp
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A1CB7D (octal 50345575)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 25, 2025
Expires
February 29, 2032
Last FAA action
February 25, 2025
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Research and development; To show compliance with regulations; Crew training; Market surveyFAA certificate purpose code 1056 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 7, 2011
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00062069

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Textron Aviation INC
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
1 Cessna Blvd # D095
Wichita, KS 67215-1400

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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

1984-08-01Cessna 180F · Administratively canceled

Connections how N2145Z links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A 508 aircraft with this engine series · 235 hp
  • Type certificate 3A13 · held by Textron Aviation INC
Owner
  • Textron Aviation INC 335 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to June 21, 2027
Place

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N2145Z, 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 Textron Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 25, 2025, expires February 29, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for research and development; to show compliance with regulations; crew training; market survey; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial T18208204 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N2145Z was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 180F (serial 18051245, cancelled August 1, 1984). 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 N2145Z: Accident on August 27, 1983 at Fairbanks, AK: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal). Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 1

ANC83FA154Accident on August 27, 1983 at Fairbanks, AK: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 18051245

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 180 · operated under 091

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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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data