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N6688H

Cessna A185F

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 18503335

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Jan 31, 2028.

Registered owner

Samaritans Purse

Owner type: Corporation
Address: Po Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607
Fleet: 48 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Cessna A185F
Year built: —
Serial number: 18503335
Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Land
Engines: 1 × Piston
Seats: 6
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Apr 15, 1977)
Mode S code: A8D569 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Aug 30, 1996 · last FAA action Apr 14, 2023

Past registrations of N6688H

N-numbers are reused. Each line is an earlier registration, ending on the date the FAA canceled it.

Apr 25, 1957 Piper J3C-65 · serial 19898 Graubart Aviation Inc · Chicago, IL · exported to CANADA

What a Cessna 180/185 looks likePhoto of a Cessna 180/185, not this aircraft: Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Where is it now?

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