N1859V1947 Cessna 140
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19821 AD may apply2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Yorkville, IL
- Certificate issued
- Sep 5, 2023
- Expires
- Sep 30, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- Airworthiness date
- Aug 27, 1955
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Cessna
- Model
- 140
- Year
- 1947
- Serial number
- 14038
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 2
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A156E6
Engine
- Make and model
- Cont Motor C85 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 85 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2023 – nowIndividual ownerYorkville, IL · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 18, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (1)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-03 | Flight Compartment Equipment | May 17, 2022 | Airframe (140)Certain serial numbers: 120 10070–15075; 140 10070–15075 |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Ignition · distributor blk · wornJan 20, 1997
TROUBLESHOT IGNITION SYSTEM. FOUND LEFT MAGNETO TO BE PROBLEM. DISASSEMBLED MAGNETO AND FOUND ROTOR GEAR RUBBING ON DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK HOUSING. DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK HOUSING WAS WARPED. ALSO FOUND BUSHING IN DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK HOUSING WAS WORN THROUGH ON SIDE TOWARDS CONDENSER. WEAR HAD PROGRESSED INTO…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Flight controls · control cable · frayedMay 18, 1995
BOTH RUDDER CABLES FOUND FRAYED 6-10 STRANDS AT FORWARD-MOST PULLEYS JUST AFT OF RUDDER PEDALS. TWO MONTHS PREVIOUSLY, SAME DEFECT FOUND IN EXACT LOCATION ON A CESSNA 120. SUBMITTER SUGGESTS 100 HR/ANNUAL INSPECTION BE REQUIRED.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 18, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 18, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026