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Cessna 305C (0-1E)
N62TX is a Cessna 305C (0-1E), a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1963. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Newport Beach, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 30, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated April 14, 2005. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 305C (0-1E) · all 305C (0-1E)s 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. The Bird Dog, the Army's version of the 170. This is how the Cessna 305 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
- 305M0051
- 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 · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1963
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A815A3 (octal 52012643)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 30, 2019
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 14, 2005
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00116969
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lange Robert B
- 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
- 17 Corporate Plaza Ste 200
Newport Beach, CA 92660
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 1
Connections how N62TX links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 305 202 registered
- Cessna 72,685 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental O-470 series 12,779 aircraft with this engine series · 230 hp
- Newport Beach, CA 133 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,642 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 305 41 reports since 1995
- FAA orders naming the Continental O-470 series 23 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental O-470 series 148 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N62TX, 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 Lange Robert B, an individual, certificate issued January 30, 2019, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 14, 2005, 42 years after the 1963 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 305M0051 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N62TX according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 9, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N62TX: Accident on June 17, 2023 at Big Bear City, CA: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305C (0-1E) · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during takeoff.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data