Cessna T188C
N2802J is a Cessna T188C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Central States Aerial LLC, an LLC in Polo, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 17, 2024 and expires on September 30, 2031. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated September 11, 1979.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- T188C · all T188Cs and related versions
- Serial number
- T18803515T
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor TSIO-520 SER · 300 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1979
- Transponder code
- A2D0A2 (octal 50550242)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 17, 2024
- Expires
- September 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- September 17, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · September 11, 1979
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00390263
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Central States Aerial LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 110 N Maple Ave
Polo, IL 61064-1413
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N2802J, 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 Central States Aerial LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 17, 2024, expires September 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated September 11, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial T18803515T for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2802J was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-25-235 (serial 25-2877, cancelled September 10, 1964). 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]
3 NTSB records under N2802J: Accident on July 22, 2025 at Oregon, IL: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on July 29, 2002 at Choteau, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 7, 1989 at Fort Benton, MT: 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna T188C · operated under 137
On July 22, 2025, about 0930 central daylight time, a Cessna T188C, N2802J, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Oregon, Illinois. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial application flight. A company responsible for delivering and loading agricultural chemicals was loading the airplanes for the operator. According to the loader, the pilot arrived at the Ogle County Airport (C55), Mount Morris, Illinois about 0600 to start his workday. He completed five flights to a field about 5 miles nort…
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN25FA273 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna T188C · operated under 137
Fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inattention to fuel consumption (flight duration) which resulted in a total loss of power and subsequent hard landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA02LA138 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna T188C · operated under 137
OVERLOAD FAILURE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ATTACHING BOLTS FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN89LA172 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