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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N97843

N97843 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 182Q. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 20, 1995. The last status on file was "valid registration".

Cessna 182Q cancelled June 20, 1995

Serial number
18267217
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
—
Last status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 21, 1994
Last FAA action
March 22, 1994
Last owner
Civil Air Patrol INC (Corporation)
Maxwell Afb, AL
Airworthiness
None on file

NTSB accident and incident record under N97843

ANC95GA048Accident on April 12, 1995 at Bumping Lake, WA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182Q · serial 18267217

A loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. Factors relating to the accident were: lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing in mountains, low ambient temperatures that contributed to hypothermia, the lack of survival equipment, an erratic ELT signal due to a faulty tuning crystal, and the lack of discrete transponder data to assist in the search.

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