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N85TH

S.O.C.A.T.A. MS894A

N85TH is a S.O.C.A.T.A. MS894A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1972. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Rutherfordton, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 6, 1991 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 12, 1973.

Aircraft

Maker
S.O.C.A.T.A.
Model
MS894A
Serial number
12027
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Franklin 6V 350 SERIES · 235 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1972
Transponder code
ABA6B0 (octal 52723260)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 6, 1991
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · October 12, 1973
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00173186

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hyde Russell M
Type
Individual
Address
622 Airport Rd
Rutherfordton, NC 28139-8251

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