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Cessna 185D
N75LE is a Cessna 185D, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1965. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an owner whose details are withheld at their request. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 29, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 28, 1965.
Where is it now Last seen October 14 at 10:36 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 185D · all 185Ds 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 185 Skywagon 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
- 185-0870
- 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 I0-470 SERIES · 260 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1965
- Cruising speed
- 125 mph
- Transponder code
- AA18AF (octal 52414257)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 29, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 29, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 28, 1965
- FAA region
- —
- FAA record id
- 00732637
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Withheld at the owner's request
- 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
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 N75LE links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 185 Skywagon 227 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 IO-470 series 4,724 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 185 Skywagon 31 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 185 Skywagon 69 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 185 Skywagon 338 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental IO-470 series 28 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental IO-470 series 114 reports since 1995
- Where N75LE is now · Last seen October 14 at 10:36 am.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N75LE.json.
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The public federal record on N75LE, 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 an owner whose details are withheld, an individual, certificate issued May 29, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated May 28, 1965, consistent with the 1965 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 185-0870 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N75LE 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]
5 NTSB records under N75LE: Accident on August 8, 2013 at North Pole, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 23, 1993 at Barrow, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 1, 1989 at Fairbanks, AK: 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 5
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185D · operated under 091
The malfunction of the right main wheel brake during taxi due to a faulty O-ring in the right brake pedal master cylinder.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185 · operated under 091
THE FATIGUE FRACTURE OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SPRING.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS. THE CROSSWIND AND GUSTS WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185D · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185 · operated under 091
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
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, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data