{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1976-05-13","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2013-02-05","city":"WASILLA","country_code":"US","county_code":"170","cruise_speed_mph":127,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2029-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-18","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072821","mode_s_code":"50327446","mode_s_hex":"A1AF26","model":"A185F","n_number":"N20752","name":"THOFT MATTHEW M","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"BARROW","damage":"SUBS","date":"2000-08-12","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC00LA099","probable_cause":"The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing.  A factor in the accident was a hidden obstruction, and soft terrain.","registration":"N20752","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on August 12, 2000 at Barrow, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"BARROW","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-08-25","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC97LA131","probable_cause":"the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane, which resulted in a ground swerve and damage to the airplane.  A factor relating to the accident was: the crosswind condition.","registration":"N20752","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on August 25, 1997 at Barrow, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"WAINWRIGHT","damage":"SUBS","date":"1996-08-02","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC96LA114","probable_cause":"The pilot's excessive application of the brakes during the landing roll.","registration":"N20752","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on August 2, 1996 at Wainwright, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"KOTZEBUE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1994-10-15","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC95LA003","probable_cause":"A FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE DISTANCE FROM THE TERRAIN (SNOW BANK).  FLAT LIGHTING AND LOW CONTRAST CONDITIONS WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.","registration":"N20752","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on October 15, 1994 at Kotzebue, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"POINT BARROW","damage":"SUBS","date":"1993-08-14","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC93LA147","probable_cause":"FUEL EXHAUSTION AS A RESULT OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S NOT REFUELING. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE OPERATOR/MANAGEMENT INADEQUATE FLIGHT FOLLOWING AND OPERATIONAL CONTROL OVER THE FLIGHT.","registration":"N20752","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on August 14, 1993 at Point Barrow, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"POINT HOPE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1992-11-28","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC93LA016","probable_cause":"THE FAILURE OF THE NO. TWO CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD DUE TO A SLIPPED (SPUN) MAIN CRANKSHAFT BEARING WHICH BLOCKED OFF THE OIL HOLE TO THE CONNECTING ROD.  A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN ON WHICH TO PERFORM A FORCED LANDING.","registration":"N20752","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on November 28, 1992 at Point Hope, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"BARROW","damage":"SUBS","date":"1992-05-03","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC92LA067","probable_cause":"THE IMPROPER USE OF THE FLT CONTROLS BY THE SECOND PILOT DURING LANDING ROLL.  FACTORS RELATING TO THE MISHAP WERE THE ROUGH/UNEVEN SNOW COVERED TERRAIN.","registration":"N20752","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on May 3, 1992 at Barrow, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"DEADHORSE","damage":"","date":"1988-11-22","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC89IA019","probable_cause":"","registration":"N20752","state":"AK","summary":"Incident on November 22, 1988 at Deadhorse, AK: no injuries.","type":"INC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N20752 is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1976. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wasilla, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 5, 2013 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 13, 1976.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Thoft Matthew M, an individual, certificate issued February 5, 2013, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated May 13, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18503041 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N20752 according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"8 NTSB records under N20752: Accident on August 12, 2000 at Barrow, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 25, 1997 at Barrow, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 2, 1996 at Wainwright, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":6,"serial_number":"18503041","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 873364","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00651182","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N20752","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1976,"zip":"996873364"}