Cessna 182J
N300EM is a Cessna 182J, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1966. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Mark Thomas Productions LLC, an LLC in Ketchum, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 14, 2021 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 19, 1966.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 182J · all 182Js and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna 182 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
- 18257529
- 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
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1966
- Cruising speed
- 119 mph
- Transponder code
- A31FC2 (octal 50617702)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 14, 2021
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 19, 1966
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00492803
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mark Thomas Productions LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 127
Ketchum, ID 83340-0130
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.
Connections how N300EM links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 182 Skylane 11,835 registered
- Cessna 72,685 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental O-470 series 12,781 aircraft with this engine series · 230 hp
- Mark Thomas Productions LLC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Ketchum, ID 43 aircraft registered in this town
- Twin Bridges Airport · U61
- Idaho 4,199 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 182 Skylane 64 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 182 Skylane 1,189 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 182 Skylane 748 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental O-470 series 23 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental O-470 series 148 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Clamp, failed · 1996-02-28
- Where N300EM is now · Last seen today at 9:32 am.
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The public federal record on N300EM, 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 Mark Thomas Productions LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 14, 2021, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated August 19, 1966, consistent with the 1966 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18257529 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N300EM according to the deregistered file. [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]
1 NTSB record under N300EM: Accident on February 11, 2014 at Belen, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182J · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to ensure adequate fuel onboard for the intended flight.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data