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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N81685

N81685 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna U206F. The FAA cancelled the registration on August 16, 2005. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.

Cessna U206F cancelled August 16, 2005

Serial number
U20602294
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
—
Last status
Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
Certificate issued
May 3, 1989
Last FAA action
January 21, 2003
Last owner
Welke Gordon A (Individual)
Chanhassen, MN
Airworthiness
None on file

Aeronca 7AC cancelled November 17, 1972

Serial number
7AC-304
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
1945
Last status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 19, 1957
Last FAA action
—
Last owner
Vanderford Robert C (Individual)
Holland, MI
Airworthiness
None on file

NTSB accident and incident record under N81685

CHI04FA133Accident on June 2, 2004 at Owatonna, MN: fatal, destroyed (4 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna U206F · serial U20602294

The altitude/clearance not maintained by the pilot-in-command during a precision instrument approach. A contributing factor was the instrument meteorological conditions.

A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site