# N487TC: 2004 Cessna 182T, registration cancelled 2010-10-04

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 4, 2010
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Cessna 182T](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (registry code 2072703)
- Engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A13), [TCDS 1E4](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1E4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 18281486
- Year built: 2004
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: December 22, 2004
- Certificate issued: February 2, 2005
- Last registry action: February 19, 2008
- Mode S code: A60446
- Owner when cancelled: [Kaleta Smith LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KALETA%20SMITH%20LLC)
- Location: [Houston, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Houston)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 29.7716° N, 95.4089° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 77007, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N487TC
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=487TC
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N487TC-2010-10-04

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Cessna 182T: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t.md

## NTSB investigations (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 DEN08FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08FA141), Aug 15, 2008: Cessna 182T (N487TC), Georgia Pass, CO, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control after inadvertantly encountering instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's failure to obtain a weather brief…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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 20080815845109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080815845109A), Aug 15, 2008: Cessna 182T (N487TC), Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) Aircraft departed sbs, steamboat springs on Friday August 15 at approx 0800 enroute to sugarland, TX. No IFR flight plan filed. Weather was rain, snow,…

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