Cessna 182L
N42712 is a Cessna 182L, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1968. It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Tulia, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 17, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 20, 1968. 2 documents are on file: loan release, bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 182L · all 182Ls and related versions
- Serial number
- 18259155
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1968
- Cruising speed
- 119 mph
- Transponder code
- A51836 (octal 51214066)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 17, 2024
- Expires
- July 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- July 17, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · December 20, 1968
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00531904
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Adams William Kelly
- Type
- Co-owned
- Address
- 1677 County Road 18
Tulia, TX 79088-6301 - Co-owners
- Adams Donna Kay
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 2
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N42712, 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 Adams William Kelly, a co-owned, certificate issued July 17, 2024, expires July 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated December 20, 1968, consistent with the 1968 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18259155 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N42712 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper J3C-65 (serial 15010, cancelled September 15, 1959). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
2 documents received recently: Loan release (September 16, 2026), Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 16, 2026). [3]
2 NTSB records under N42712: Accident on October 25, 1995 at Auburn, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 16, 1995 at Oklahoma City, OK: 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 182L · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control following a hard landing. His physical impairment was a factor.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX96LA021 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182L · operated under 091
FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO REFUEL. A FACTOR WAS THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR A FORCED LANDING.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW95LA302 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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
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