# N1285U: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: September 20, 2017
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1285U
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1285U

## Aircraft that carried N1285U

- [Cancelled 2017-09-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1285U-2017-09-20): Cessna 172M, S/N 17266979, built 1976. Third renewal notice. Owner: [Mcaleese Brent](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MCALEESE%20BRENT), [San Diego, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/San%20Diego)

## NTSB investigations on N1285U (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR15MA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15MA243), Aug 16, 2015: Cessna 172M (N1285U), San Diego, CA, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The local controller's (LC) failure to properly identify the aircraft in the pattern and to ensure control instructions provided to the intended Cessna on downwind were being performed before turning…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N1285U (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20150816023062A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150816023062A), Aug 16, 2015: Cessna 172M (N1285U), San Diego, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On August 16, 2015 at approximately 1100 hrs pacific time, two aircraft, a Cessna 172, N1285U, and an experimental sabreliner, (sabre 60), N442RM, collided…
- [Incident 19831109070759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831109070759I), Nov 9, 1983: Cessna 172M (N1285U), Ann Arbor, MI, Minor damage. Landed long and ran off the departure end of runway. Struck a boundary light.

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