Cessna A185F
N1789 is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1974. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Minot, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 31, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 3, 1994.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- A185F · all A185Fs and related versions
- Serial number
- 18502342
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1974
- Cruising speed
- 127 mph
- Transponder code
- A13A78 (octal 50235170)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 31, 2020
- Expires
- January 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · October 3, 1994
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00025438
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hill Sheldon S
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 9000 County Road 19 S
Minot, ND 58701-2424
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N1789, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Hill Sheldon S, an individual, certificate issued January 31, 2020, expires January 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 3, 1994, 20 years after the 1974 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18502342 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1789 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Curtiss 519 ORIOLE (serial 163, cancelled May 2, 1930). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N1789: Accident on May 19, 2000 at Anchorage, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185F · operated under 091
The pilot's improper remedial action and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing. A factor in the accident was the pilot's excessive use of the airplane brakes.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data