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N1996U

Cessna A185E

Valid Alaska

N1996U 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 Smith Aviation LLC, an LLC in Sitka, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 26, 2011 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 22, 1970.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
A185E
Serial number
18501765
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
A18CD7 (octal 50306327)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 26, 2011
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · May 22, 1970
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00693120

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith Aviation LLC
Type
LLC
Address
111 Donna Dr
Sitka, AK 99835-9662

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