Cessna 185
N78DE is a Cessna 185, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Mossyrock, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 8, 2021 and expires on April 30, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 185 · all 185s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18503701
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 125 mph
- Transponder code
- AA8E7D (octal 52507175)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 8, 2021
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00077131
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Stanley Ryan G
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 113 Island View Dr
Mossyrock, WA 98564-9616
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.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N78DE, 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 Stanley Ryan G, an individual, certificate issued April 8, 2021, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18503701 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N78DE was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 (serial 317852087, cancelled May 24, 1994). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N78DE: Accident on April 4, 2000 at Wallowa, OR: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 4, 1994 at Frazier Park, CA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain proper runway alignment upon encountering a wind gust, and his subsequent failure or inability to maintain clearance with a tree during a go-around attempt. Factors included a short and narrow airstrip, gusty wind conditions, and a tree in the vicinity of the airstrip.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA00LA072 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-31-350 · operated under 135
the pilot's failure to select a cruise altitude which would ensure adequate terrain clearance. Contributing factors related to the dark, nighttime condition and to the pilot's lack of attentiveness.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX94FA149 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data