Consolidated Aeronautics Inc. LAKE LA-4-200
N6185V is a Consolidated Aeronautics Inc. LAKE LA-4-200, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Big Bang Airlines LLC, an LLC in Ithaca, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 15, 2019 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 10, 1977.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Consolidated Aeronautics Inc.
- Model
- LAKE LA-4-200 · all LAKE LA-4-200s and related versions
- Serial number
- 838
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER A&C · 200 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1977
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- A80F91 (octal 52007621)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 15, 2019
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · June 10, 1977
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00731436
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Big Bang Airlines LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 108 N Plain St
Ithaca, NY 14850-4039
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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 N6185V, 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 Big Bang Airlines LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 15, 2019, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated June 10, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 838 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N6185V 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]
1 NTSB record under N6185V: Accident on August 30, 2026 at Ithaca, NY: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Consolidated Aeronautics INC. LAKE LA-4-200 · operated under 091
On August 30, 2026, about 1250 eastern daylight time, a Consolidated Aeronautics Inc., Lake LA-4-200, N6185V, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Ithaca, New York. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to preliminary ADS-B data received from the FAA, the airplane departed Ithaca Tompkins International Airport (ITH), Ithaca, New York about 1156. The flight track data was consistent with the airplane performing low approaches or landings at multiple lakes …
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 September 30, 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