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N956SM

2000 Cessna 182S

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 18280783

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Sep 30, 2028.

Registered owner

Mississippi Forestry Commission

Owner type: Government
Address: 3139 Highway 468 W, Pearl, MS 39208
Fleet: 3 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Cessna 182S
Year built: 2000
Serial number: 18280783
Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Land
Engines: 1 × Piston · Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 · 230 hp
Seats: 4
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Apr 17, 2019)
Mode S code: AD4C8D (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Sep 6, 2018 · last FAA action Jun 10, 2023

Past registrations of N956SM

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

Jan 28, 1971 Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER · serial 203 Goldenwest Airlines Inc · Long Beach, CA

What a Cessna 182 looks likePhoto of a Cessna 182, not this aircraft: Adrian Pingstone (Arpingstone), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Where is it now?

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