Cessna 305C (0-1E)
N83CN is a Cessna 305C (0-1E), a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1957. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Seguin, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 30, 2014 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated April 12, 1989.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 305C (0-1E) · all 305C (0-1E)s and related versions
- Serial number
- 24703
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1957
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- AB5640 (octal 52653100)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 30, 2014
- Expires
- June 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Utility · April 12, 1989
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00141493
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Chavez Clifford L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 5650 Fm 775
Seguin, TX 78155-8320
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N83CN, 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 Chavez Clifford L, an individual, certificate issued June 30, 2014, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 12, 1989, 32 years after the 1957 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24703 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N83CN 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]
1 NTSB record under N83CN: Accident on December 17, 2013 at Hondo, TX: minor 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305C (0 1E) · operated under 091
The pilot's loss of directional control during an attempted go-around for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s and pilot’s decision to continue flight after experiencing repeated problems upon landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN14LA089 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