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Who Owns This Plane?

N87TM

Cessna A185E

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 18501786

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Sep 30, 2030.

Registered owner

Universal Aviation LLC

Owner type: LLC
Address: 101 Deerwood Dr, Macon, GA 31220
Fleet: 4 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Cessna A185E
Year built: —
Serial number: 18501786
Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Land
Engines: 1 × Piston · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
Seats: 6
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Sep 3, 1970)
Mode S code: ABF5B2 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Sep 7, 2023 · last FAA action Sep 7, 2023

Past registrations of N87TM

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

Aug 7, 2013 1970 Cessna 414 · serial 414-0090 Retrac Investments LLC · Wilmington, DE

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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