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N3980Z

Cessna 185B

Valid Minnesota

N3980Z is a Cessna 185B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1963. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Excelsior, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 15, 2013 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 12, 1984.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
185B
Serial number
1850521
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor I0-470 SERIES · 260 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1963
Cruising speed
125 mph
Transponder code
A4A2F1 (octal 51121361)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 15, 2013
Expires
May 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · June 12, 1984
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00700784

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Marschke Dean D
Type
Individual
Address
427 Lake St
Excelsior, MN 55331-1901

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

1965-05-20Piper PA-18-150 · Valid registration

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