N8785B
N8785B is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172 built in 1957. The FAA cancelled the registration on May 15, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Cessna 172 cancelled May 15, 2013
- Serial number
- 36485
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1957
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- August 22, 1989
- Last FAA action
- October 28, 1998
- Last owner
- Gonzalez Richard JR (Individual)
Ceiba, PR - Airworthiness
- Standard
NTSB accident and incident record under N8785B
MIA90LA037Accident on December 7, 1989 at Atlantic Ocean, AO: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · serial 36485
THE ENGINE SEIZED FROM OIL STARVATION (LACK OF OIL OR OIL PRESSURE), WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT BEING DITCHED AT SEA.
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