Cessna A185F
N4742E is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Flagstaff, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 5, 2020 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 20, 1979.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- A185F · all A185Fs and related versions
- Serial number
- 18503853
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 127 mph
- Transponder code
- A5D299 (octal 51351231)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 5, 2020
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- December 18, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · June 20, 1979
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00853544
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hangen Mark C
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2963 N Boldt Dr
Flagstaff, AZ 86001-0963
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.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N4742E, 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 Hangen Mark C, an individual, certificate issued May 5, 2020, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18503853 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4742E was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aeronca 7EC (serial 7EC89, cancelled January 17, 1975). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
4 NTSB records under N4742E: Accident on May 16, 2023 at Grand Junction, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 16, 2012 at Crystal Falls, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 13, 1992 at Lanai, HI: 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 4
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185f · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with gusting wind.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN23LA189 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
The pilot's abrupt maneuver to avoid deer that unexpectedly ran into the airplane's path during the landing roll.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN12CA305 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185F · operated under 091
THE FAILURE OF THE ENGINE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THAT OBSTRUCTIONS WERE HIDDEN IN THE GRASS OF THE LANDING AREA CHOSEN BY THE PILOT FOR THE FORCED LANDING.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX93LA065 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC88LA090 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