{"airworthiness_class":"Multiple","airworthiness_date":"1973-05-16","airworthiness_ops":"Standard; Restricted; Other","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-04-11","city":"HAILEY","country_code":"US","county_code":"013","cruise_speed_mph":125,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17027","engine_horsepower":260,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"I0-470 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-08-14","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072802","mode_s_code":"50714727","mode_s_hex":"A399D7","model":"185","n_number":"N331DF","name":"DC-3 PRO SERVICES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"TANGIER ISLAND","damage":"SUBS","date":"1995-04-11","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"NYC95LA085","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain obstacle clearance which resulted in an inflight collision with a tree.  Contributing factors are a crosswind and the pilot's failure to maintain directional control and his inadequate compensation for wind conditions","registration":"N331DF","state":"VA","summary":"Accident on April 11, 1995 at Tangier Island, VA: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N331DF is a Cessna 185, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1961. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Dc-3 Pro Services LLC, an LLC in Hailey, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 11, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated May 16, 1973.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Dc-3 Pro Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 11, 2025, expires April 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 16, 1973, 12 years after the 1961 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 185-0164 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N331DF was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (serial 25-0003, cancelled September 16, 2014). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"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 N331DF: Accident on April 11, 1995 at Tangier Island, VA: minor 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":6,"serial_number":"185-0164","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"ID","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"820 S MAIN ST UNIT 4425","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00293330","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N331DF","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1961,"zip":"833336366"}