N5163E — Cessna A185F

Aircraft record

Serial number

18503293

Manufacturer

Cessna

Model

A185F

Category

Fixed wing single-engine

Engine

None None

Registration

Deregistered

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Accident & incident history

1. ANC19TA017Apr 15, 2019Nome, AKSerious

   The pilot's decision to continue a visual flight rules flight into an area of mountainous terrain and instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of instrument proficiency.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the Cessna A185F).

1. Sep 16, 2022deregistered — United States Department Of Interior

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N5163E was previously assigned to a different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the Cessna A185F above.

• until Jun 7, 1988Cessna 180B (s/n 50463)

Frequently asked

Has N5163E been in an accident?

Yes. N5163E appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2019.

What kind of aircraft is N5163E?

N5163E is a Cessna A185F (fixed wing single-engine), serial number 18503293.