Cessna 190
N56W is a Cessna 190, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1952. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Floodwood, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 31, 2003 and expires on March 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated February 3, 2003.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 190 · all 190s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna 190 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
- 7952
- 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 · Jacobs R755B SERIES · 275 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 1952
- Cruising speed
- 147 mph
- Transponder code
- A72685 (octal 51623205)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 31, 2003
- Expires
- March 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 3, 2003
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00120166
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Karpik Joseph P
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 12298 Rudolph Rd
Floodwood, MN 55736-8305
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N56W links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 190 74 registered
- Cessna 72,688 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Jacobs R755B series 210 aircraft with this engine series · 275 hp
- Floodwood, MN 5 aircraft registered in this town
- Minnesota 6,936 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 190 14 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 190 14 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 190 77 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N56W, 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 Karpik Joseph P, an individual, certificate issued March 31, 2003, expires March 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 3, 2003, 51 years after the 1952 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 7952 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N56W was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech A35 (serial D-2043, cancelled April 29, 1970). 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]
1 NTSB record under N56W: Accident on July 14, 1998 at Pontiac, MI: 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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 190 · operated under 091
improper procedures used during the replacement of the landing gear which resulted in pitting and corrosion of the gear spring.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data