{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1978-09-20","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1989-12-05","city":"ANCHORAGE","country_code":"US","county_code":"020","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":"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":"52674342","mode_s_hex":"AB78E2","model":"A185F","n_number":"N8383Q","name":"THOMPSON GORDON H","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"BIG LAKE","damage":"MINR","date":"2003-07-21","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"ANC03LA084","probable_cause":"The failure of the pilot of the seaplane and the operator of the jet ski to maintain an adequate visual lookout, which resulted in a collision during the airplane's landing flare.","registration":"N8383Q","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on July 21, 2003 at Big Lake, AK: serious injuries, minor damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8383Q is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 5, 1989 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 20, 1978.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Thompson Gordon H, an individual, certificate issued December 5, 1989, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated September 20, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18503675 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N8383Q 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 N8383Q: Accident on July 21, 2003 at Big Lake, AK: serious injuries, minor 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":"18503675","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"711 M ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00873211","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8383Q","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1978,"zip":"99501"}