N1669M (Cessna A185E) — routes, history & safety record

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on June 3, 1953.

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1971 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N1669M.

May 22, 1953AccidentHull loss
The aircraft arrived at Cheyenne, Wyoming at 0038, May 22, on a Civil Air Movement flight (military contract) from New York International Airport. The incoming pilots had no mechanical or radio discrepancies to report. After the aircraft was serviced, Captain Bowen F. Marshall and Copilot Samuel B.
Curtiss C-46 Commando · 2 fatalities
The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was separation of the right aileron tab motor from its support bracket due to loss of its outboard trunnion while the aircraft was an the severe turbulence of a thunderstorm. Full accident record