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N838MM

Textron Aviation Inc 182T

N838MM is a Textron Aviation Inc 182T, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2018. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Palo Alto, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 20, 2021 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 16, 2018.

Aircraft

Maker
Textron Aviation Inc
Model
182T · all 182Ts and related versions
Serial number
18283049
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 · 230 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2018
Transponder code
AB7731 (octal 52673461)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 20, 2021
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
May 2, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · September 16, 2018
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01278354

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Zhang Li
Type
Individual
Address
3253 Ramona St
Palo Alto, CA 94306-2945

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

2001-08-21Bellanca 17-30 · Registration pending

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N838MM, 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 Zhang Li, an individual, certificate issued February 20, 2021, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated September 16, 2018, consistent with the 2018 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18283049 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N838MM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bellanca 17-30 (serial 30014, cancelled August 21, 2001). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N838MM: Accident on July 1, 1996 at Alexandria, MN: serious 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

CHI96LA226Accident on July 1, 1996 at Alexandria, MN: serious injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 30014

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 17-30 VIKING · operated under 091

the flight instructor's failure to assure a proper fuel tank selector position. Factors associated with the accident were improper preflight preparation and complacency by the flight instructor.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI96LA226 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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