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N4072Y

Cessna 185A

Valid Montana

N4072Y is a Cessna 185A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1961. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Heron, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 23, 2015 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated December 9, 1961.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
185A
Serial number
185-0272
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor I0-470 SERIES · 260 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1961
Cruising speed
125 mph
Transponder code
A4C957 (octal 51144527)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 23, 2015
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · December 9, 1961
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00871234

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Compton Douglas C
Type
Individual
Address
127 Mt Highway 200
Heron, MT 59844-9545

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