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N97700

Cessna 182Q

Valid Georgia

N97700 is a Cessna 182Q, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Metter, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 14, 1989 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 6, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
182Q · all 182Qs and related versions
Serial number
18267171
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
112 mph
Transponder code
ADA017 (octal 53320027)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 14, 1989
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · August 6, 1979
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00513880

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Clifton Ralph D
Type
Individual
Address
8525 Hiawatha Rd
Metter, GA 30439-4331

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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

1957-04-04Stinson 108 · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N97700, 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 Clifton Ralph D, an individual, certificate issued April 14, 1989, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated August 6, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18267171 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N97700 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Stinson 108 (serial 108-700, cancelled April 4, 1957). 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 N97700: Accident on March 23, 1985 at Fairfield, PA: minor 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

NYC85LA086Accident on March 23, 1985 at Fairfield, PA: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182 · operated under 091

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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