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N2642N

Cessna 120

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMontana

N2642N is a Cessna 120, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Charles Trower Aviation INC, a corporation in Scobey, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 28, 2014 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
120 · all 120s and related versions
Serial number
12900
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1947
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
A29084 (octal 50510204)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
Certificate issued
October 28, 2014
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00193682

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Charles Trower Aviation INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
Address
PO Box 530
Scobey, MT 59263-0530

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.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N2642N, 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 Charles Trower Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 28, 2014, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 12900 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N2642N 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

1 NTSB record under N2642N: Accident on May 15, 2014 at Colville, WA: minor 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

WPR14CA192Accident on May 15, 2014 at Colville, WA: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 120 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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 September 30, 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