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Cessna 140 · 1946 · Tampa, FL
N1856C is a 1946 Cessna 140 (serial 8996), registered to Jones Mark S (individual) in Tampa, FL. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires March 2033; the airworthiness certificate dates from October 1997 (29 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor C85 SERIES engine rated at 85 hp, the engine on 78% of registered Cessna 140s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A1566C. It is one of 1,607 Cessna 140 aircraft on the FAA registry. Jones Mark S holds 2 aircraft on the registry.
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1,222 of the 1,570 registered Cessna 140 carry this engine (78%), across 15 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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