{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1994-09-03","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-07-15","city":"NORMANGEE","country_code":"US","county_code":"289","cruise_speed_mph":127,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17032","engine_horsepower":285,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"IO 520 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-07-30","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072821","mode_s_code":"50436666","mode_s_hex":"A23DB6","model":"A185F","n_number":"N2431Y","name":"BENNETT MARK","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"CASA GRANDE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1996-08-04","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX96LA307","probable_cause":"the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop.  Factors relating to the accident were: the student pilot's inadequate training and lack of certification (endorsement).","registration":"N2431Y","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on August 4, 1996 at Casa Grande, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N2431Y is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Normangee, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 15, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 3, 1994.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Bennett Mark, an individual, certificate issued July 15, 2026, expires July 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18503566 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N2431Y 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":"1 NTSB record under N2431Y: Accident on August 4, 1996 at Casa Grande, AZ: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":6,"serial_number":"18503566","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3763 COUNTY ROAD 490","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00985012","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N2431Y","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"778716387"}