Cessna Ector 305A
N86WM is a Cessna Ector 305A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1967. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Pangaea Air Services INC, a corporation in Aspen, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 12, 2014 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for to show compliance with regulations, dated March 4, 1996.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna Ector
- Model
- 305A · all 305As and related versions
- Serial number
- 2017
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1967
- Cruising speed
- 99 mph
- Transponder code
- ABCE7E (octal 52747176)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 12, 2014
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · To show compliance with regulations · March 4, 1996
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00642170
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pangaea Air Services INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 12334
Aspen, CO 81612-9238
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 N86WM, 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 Pangaea Air Services INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 12, 2014, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 4, 1996, 29 years after the 1967 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 2017 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N86WM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mccuiston Walter R 532 ELITE (serial AC5321686, cancelled July 8, 1991). 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 N86WM: Accident on July 17, 2020 at Glenwood Springs, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 18, 1999 at Warehouse Point, CT: no 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during landing resulting in a nose over.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN20CA289 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 305A · operated under 091
The pilot's misjudgment of the clearance between the airplane and the banner loop during banner pickup.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC99LA229 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