N2485N is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Buckeye DREAM MACHINE built in 1997. The FAA cancelled the registration on May 16, 2012. The last status on file was "registration pending, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 3 times.
Buckeye DREAM MACHINE cancelled May 16, 2012
- Serial number
- 3778
- Type
- Powered parachute · Two-cycle piston
- Year built
- 1997
- Last status
- Registration pending, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- August 21, 2008
- Last owner
- Registration Pending (Individual)
Cando, ND - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Registered before Jan 31, 2008
Piper PA-38-112 cancelled February 8, 1990
- Serial number
- 3879A0867
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld
- Airworthiness
- None on file
Cessna 140 cancelled June 17, 1949
- Serial number
- 12738
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 23, 1948
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Aeronauts INC (Corporation)
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N2485N
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-38-112 · serial 79A0867
LOSS OF CONTROL IN FLIGHT, EITHER BY THE STUDENT OR BY THE INSTRUCTOR, AT AN ALTITUDE INSUFFICIENT TO ALLOW FOR A RECOVERY, BY THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, BEFORE THE RESULTING OUT OF CONTROL DESCENT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE TO STRIKE THE TERRAIN.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site