N812V1972 Cessna 340
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- La Plane LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Fort Thomas, AZ
- Certificate issued
- May 22, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Weather Control
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 3, 1983
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
- 340
- Year
- 1972
- Serial number
- 340-0157
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 6
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- AB12A5
Engine
- Make and model
- Cont Motor Tsio-520 Ser
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 300 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 – nowLa Plane LLCFort Thomas, AZ · current
- until 1934East End Exchange Gliding ClubCleveland, OH · different airframe: Waco Aircraft Co Naz S/N 4013
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 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 (4)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17-08 | Elevator Tab Control System | Sep 12, 2016 | Airframe (340) |
| 2014-03-03 | Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes | Apr 7, 2014 | Airframe (340)Serial numbers per Cessna Aircraft Company Service Bulletin MEB97-4, dated March 24, 1997 |
| 2009-16-03 | Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) IO-520, TSIO-520, and IO-550 Series Reciprocating… | Sep 9, 2009 | Engine (TSIO-520 SER)Only with: SAP investment cast cylinder assemblies P/Ns SA52000-A1, SA52000-A20P, SA52000-A21P, SA52000-A22P, SA52000-A23P, SA55000-A1, or SA55000-A20P installed. |
| 2000-01-16 | Cessna Aircraft Company 300 and 400 Series Airplanes | Feb 15, 2000 | Airframe (340) |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
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.
- bolt · bentApr 10, 2003
(NOTE: SUBMITTER HAS SEVERAL AIRCRAFT OF SAME MAKE AND MODEL). AFTER FAILURE OF BOLT PRIOR TO FLIGHT MAINTENANCE FACILITY PERFORMED INSPECTION OF BOLT WHICH THE ELEVATOR BELLCRANK ROTATES ON. BOLT HAVE BEEN STRESSED AND BENT. MFG SHOULD HAVE BOLT OF LARGER SIZE INSTALLED AND RECURRING INSTALLED OF…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026