N6085R is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172RG built in 1979. The FAA cancelled the registration on April 25, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 172RG cancelled April 25, 2013
- Serial number
- 172RG0077
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1979
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- August 19, 2004
- Last FAA action
- August 21, 2007
- Last owner
- Casto Edwin F (Individual)
Springfield, MI - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Cessna 172G cancelled December 2, 1965
- Serial number
- 17253754
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Venezuela
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Cessna Aircraft CO (Corporation)
Wichita, KS - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N6085R
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172RG · serial 172RG0077
The pilot's failure to perform a preflight weather evaluation which led to his inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his spatial disorientation. The low ceilings and the dark night were contributing factors.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site