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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Cessna A185F
N185GG is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1975. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Anchor Aviation LLC, an LLC in Johnstown, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 24, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 23, 2005. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
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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
- 18502787
- 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
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 127 mph
- Transponder code
- A153DC (octal 50251734)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 24, 2026
- Expires
- October 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- October 24, 2026
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 23, 2005
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00182489
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Anchor Aviation 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
- 4691 Concorde Ave
Johnstown, CO 80534-4009
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 1
Connections how N185GG links to the rest of the register
- Cessna A185 Skywagon 1,372 registered
- Cessna 72,684 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
- Anchor Aviation LLC 10 aircraft in the fleet
- Johnstown, CO 26 aircraft registered in this town
- Colorado 7,455 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
- Where N185GG is now · Last seen today at 8:42 am.
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The public federal record on N185GG, 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 Anchor Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 24, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 23, 2005, 30 years after the 1975 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 18502787 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N185GG according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 20, 2026). [3]
2 NTSB records under N185GG: Accident on August 23, 2025 at Lakeview, OR: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 28, 2023 at Friday Habor, WA: no 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, in gusting crosswind conditions.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing, which resulted in a ground loop.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data