Cessna 140
N3579V is a Cessna 140, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1948. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Spearfish, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 3, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 16, 1956.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 140 · all 140s and related versions
- Serial number
- 14748
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C90 SERIES · 95 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1948
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A40275 (octal 51001165)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 3, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · May 16, 1956
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00832973
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Greslin Michael D
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 716 Maple Dr
Spearfish, SD 57783-3251
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.
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The public federal record on N3579V, 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 Greslin Michael D, an individual, certificate issued May 3, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 16, 1956, 8 years after the 1948 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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 14748 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3579V 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]
2 NTSB records under N3579V: Accident on April 21, 2000 at Red Lodge, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 4, 1999 at Sitka, AK: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 140 · operated under 091
A high density altitude and inadequate preflight planning/preparation. Not attaining a proper climb rate, not maintaining a proper runway alignment, and gusting wind conditions were factors.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 140 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions. Factors in the accident were a crosswind, and the pilot's lack of total experience in the type of airplane.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data