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N3953P

Cessna A185F

Valid Alaska

N3953P is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1976. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 15, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 13, 2003.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
A185F
Serial number
18503090
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1976
Cruising speed
127 mph
Transponder code
A4982B (octal 51114053)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 15, 2023
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
April 15, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · May 13, 2003
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00600714

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sowards David C
Type
Individual
Address
1147 Dolphin Way
Fairbanks, AK 99709-2548

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 1

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