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N3128F

Cessna 182J

Valid Michigan

N3128F 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 an individual in Bay Port, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 22, 2011 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 20, 1966.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
182J · all 182Js and related versions
Serial number
18257228
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1966
Cruising speed
119 mph
Transponder code
A351B5 (octal 50650665)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 22, 2011
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · May 20, 1966
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00001473

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Swartzendruber Rodney S
Type
Individual
Address
2680 Caseville Rd
Bay Port, MI 48720-9753

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Documents on file 0

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

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N3128F, 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 Swartzendruber Rodney S, an individual, certificate issued June 22, 2011, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated May 20, 1966, consistent with the 1966 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18257228 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N3128F 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 N3128F: Accident on January 21, 1997 at Gaylord, MI: 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

CHI97LA065Accident on January 21, 1997 at Gaylord, MI: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 182-57228

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182J · operated under 091

the student pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions which resulted in a failure to maintain proper runway alignment. Factors associated with the accident were: the gusty, crosswind condition, the pilot's failure to perform a go-around, and the snowbank.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI97LA065 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