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N305CM

Cessna 305C (0-1E)

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIdaho

N305CM is a Cessna 305C (0-1E), a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1957. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Legacy Flight Museum, a government body in Rexburg, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 27, 2015 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated May 13, 1983.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
305C (0-1E) · all 305C (0-1E)s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The Bird Dog, the Army's version of the 170. This is how the Cessna 305 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
24558
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
2
Year built
1957
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A33223 (octal 50631043)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 27, 2015
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
April 21, 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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 13, 1983
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00351183

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Legacy Flight Museum
Type
GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
PO Box 122
Rexburg, ID 83440-0122

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N305CM links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N305CM, 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 Legacy Flight Museum, a government body, certificate issued February 27, 2015, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 13, 1983, 26 years after the 1957 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24558 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N305CM 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 N305CM: Accident on June 12, 2017 at Rexberg, ID: no 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

GAA17CA346Accident on June 12, 2017 at Rexberg, ID: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305C (0 1E) · operated under 091

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting wind conditions.

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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 November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data