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N1972U

Cessna A185E

Valid Minnesota

N1972U is a Cessna A185E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1970. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hawley, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 29, 2011 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 20, 1970.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
A185E
Serial number
18501702
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1970
Cruising speed
125 mph
Transponder code
A184DD (octal 50302335)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 29, 2011
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · April 20, 1970
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00553040

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sparrow Thomas E
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 66
Hawley, MN 56549-0066

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.

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