Aircraft Description
N195LW is a 1954 Cessna 195B, a single-engine reciprocating (piston) aircraft registered to Smiley Neil G in Clover, VA. This aircraft holds a standard airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on January 4, 1954. The registration certificate was issued on May 26, 2024. The registration is set to expire on May 31, 2031. Powered by a Jacobs R-755B2 engine producing 275 horsepower, N195LW is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A17BCD (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. N195LW was last tracked by AviatorDB at coordinates 38.2638, -78.8964 on April 26, 2025. The FAA registry record for N195LW was last updated on May 26, 2024. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.
The Cessna 195, Cessna's only postwar radial-engine aircraft, established new standards for business aviation in the late 1940s. First flown on July 15, 1947, it was a high-wing monoplane powered by a 300-horsepower Jacobs radial engine with five-seat capacity. With its distinctive all-aluminum construction and strutless wing design, the 195 offered performance superior to contemporary light aircraft. Cessna Aircraft Company manufactured 1,180 total aircraft in the 190/195 series from 1947 to 1954. AviatorDB tracks 80,556 Cessna aircraft currently registered in the FAA database. The ICAO type designator for this aircraft model is C195.
AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N195LW. AviatorDB cross-references all FAA registration data with NTSB accident and incident reports, providing a comprehensive safety overview for every registered aircraft in the United States.
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Last updated: 2026-06-15 01:32:20 UTC