Cessna 182M
N71879 is a Cessna 182M, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1969. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Greeley, Colorado. The FAA lists the registration as "sale reported, pending cancellation". It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 25, 1969.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 182M · all 182Ms 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 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
- 18259789
- 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
- 1969
- Cruising speed
- 119 mph
- Transponder code
- A99D34 (octal 52316464)
Registration
- Status
- Sale reported, pending cancellationFAA registration status code 17 (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- —
- Expires
- —
- Last FAA action
- April 7, 2026
- 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 · October 25, 1969
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00651267
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sale Reported
- 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
- 575 Ed Beegles Ln
Greeley, CO 80631-9021
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 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N71879 links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 182 Skylane 11,834 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
- Greeley, CO 514 aircraft registered in this town
- Easton/Valley View Airport · 11V
- Greeley-Weld County · GXY
- Colorado 7,459 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 182 Skylane 64 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 182 Skylane 1,189 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 182 Skylane 748 supplemental type certificates
- 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 N71879, 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.
Registration status is "Sale reported, pending cancellation". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated October 25, 1969, consistent with the 1969 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18259789 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N71879 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]
3 NTSB records under N71879: Accident on July 28, 2025 at Inhama, OR: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 13, 1992 at Vandalia, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 30, 1984 at Georgetown, TX: 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182M · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees while taxiing, which resulted in a wing strike.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182M · operated under 091
CONTROL INTERFERENCE BY A PASSENGER DURING TOUCHDOWN.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182M · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data