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N2CA

American Aviation AA-1A

Valid Minnesota

N2CA is an American Aviation AA-1A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1972. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Brandon, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 30, 2018 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 21, 1972.

Aircraft

Maker
American Aviation
Model
AA-1A · all AA-1As and related versions
Serial number
AA1A-0436
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
1972
Cruising speed
84 mph
Transponder code
A18D84 (octal 50306604)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 30, 2018
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · June 21, 1972
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00491946

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Anderson Paul M
Type
Individual
Address
10321 County Road 58 NW
Brandon, MN 56315-8125

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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

—Cessna 551 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N2CA, 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 Anderson Paul M, an individual, certificate issued January 30, 2018, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated June 21, 1972, consistent with the 1972 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial AA1A-0436 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N2CA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 551 (serial 5510024, cancelled date not given). 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 N2CA: Accident on November 18, 1982 at Mountain View, MO: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal). 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

DCA83AA005Accident on November 18, 1982 at Mountain View, MO: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 5510024

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 551 · operated under 091

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DCA83AA005 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 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