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A Cessna 182 Skylane, the same model family as N68EP
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026
N68EP

Cessna 182Q

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N68EP is a Cessna 182Q, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Haltom City, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 9, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 10, 2002.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
182Q · all 182Qs and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna 182 Skylane 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
182-66889
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
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
112 mph
Transponder code
A90150 (octal 52200520)

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 9, 2024
Expires
January 31, 2031
Last FAA action
January 9, 2024
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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 10, 2002
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00933837

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Schwab William J JR
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
5413 Highview Ct
Haltom City, TX 76137-2633

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N68EP links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Haltom City, TX 7 aircraft registered in this town
  • Texas 29,958 aircraft registered
Airworthiness
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N68EP.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N68EP, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Schwab William J JR, an individual, certificate issued January 9, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 10, 2002, 23 years after the 1979 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 182-66889 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N68EP according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N68EP: Accident on October 18, 2026 at Gun Barrel City, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

CEN27LA020Accident on October 18, 2026 at Gun Barrel City, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182Q · operated under 091

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data