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N18985

Beech C23

Valid Michigan

N18985 is a Beech C23, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Royal Oak, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 16, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 9, 1977.

Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
C23
Serial number
M-1965
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1977
Cruising speed
116 mph
Transponder code
A165A9 (octal 50262651)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 16, 2023
Expires
March 31, 2030
Last FAA action
March 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · August 9, 1977
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00722800

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Light Scott Thomas
Type
Individual
Address
516 E Lincoln Ave
Royal Oak, MI 48067-3352

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 2

2006-02-03Beech C24R · exported to Canada · Valid registration
1950-10-05Vultee AB-2 · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data