Cessna 182B
N8444M is a Cessna 182B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1959. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Dufur, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 15, 2016 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 10, 1959.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 182B · all 182Bs 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 182 Skylane 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
- 52212
- 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 O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1959
- Cruising speed
- 119 mph
- Transponder code
- AB91A5 (octal 52710645)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 15, 2016
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 11, 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 · July 10, 1959
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00231387
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Slusher Michael e
- 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
- PO Box 7
Dufur, OR 97021-0007
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N8444M links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 182 Skylane 11,834 registered
- Cessna 72,677 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental O-470 series 12,780 aircraft with this engine series · 230 hp
- Dufur, OR 9 aircraft registered in this town
- Oregon 7,011 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 182 Skylane 64 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 182 Skylane 1,189 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 182 Skylane 748 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental O-470 series 23 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental O-470 series 148 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N8444M, 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 Slusher Michael e, an individual, certificate issued June 15, 2016, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated July 10, 1959, consistent with the 1959 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 52212 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8444M 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]
2 NTSB records under N8444M: Accident on October 28, 1989 at Peachtree City, GA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 8, 1984 at Mayport, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna T210M · operated under 091
THE IMPROPER CALIBRATION OF THE FUEL QUANTITY GAUGES BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, WHICH RESULTED IN ERRONEOUS FUEL QUANTITY INDICATIONS AND LED TO FUEL STARVATION. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN CONDITIONS THAT EXISTED AT THE FORCED-LANDING SITE.
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna T210M · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data