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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 3, 2026Cessna A185F
N185AE is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1973. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Dbl LLC, an LLC in Hays, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 10, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated June 4, 1975.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- A185F · all A185Fs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna A185 Skywagon family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 18502125
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1973
- Cruising speed
- 127 mph
- Transponder code
- A15344 (octal 50251504)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 10, 2025
- Expires
- November 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- February 4, 2026
- Airworthiness
- MultipleFAA airworthiness class code 6 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Standard; Restricted; OtherFAA certificate purpose code 130 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 4, 1975
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00501003
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Dbl LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 4106 Smoky Hill Dr
Hays, KS 67601-4713
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N185AE links to the rest of the register
- Cessna A185 Skywagon 1,372 registered
- Cessna 72,685 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental IO-520 series 9,485 aircraft with this engine series · 285 hp
- Dbl LLC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Hays, KS 47 aircraft registered in this town
- Hays Regional · HYS
- Kansas 5,740 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna A185 Skywagon 28 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna A185 Skywagon 448 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna A185 Skywagon 530 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental IO-520 series 30 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental IO-520 series 465 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N185AE, 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 Dbl LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 10, 2025, expires November 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Multiple certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated June 4, 1975, consistent with the 1973 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18502125 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N185AE according to the deregistered file. [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 N185AE: Accident on February 19, 2017 at Fairbanks, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain an appropriate glidepath to the runway and to use the vertical guidance system.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data