Cessna A185F
N185GS is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Promotive LLC, an LLC in Glade Springs, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 29, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 24, 1978.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- A185F · all A185Fs and related versions
- Serial number
- 18503646
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 127 mph
- Transponder code
- A153E6 (octal 50251746)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 29, 2024
- Expires
- July 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- July 29, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · July 24, 1978
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00533491
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Promotive LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 33294 Graceland Lane
Glade Springs, VA 24340
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 · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N185GS, 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 Promotive LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 29, 2024, expires July 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated July 24, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18503646 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N185GS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna A185F (serial 18503970, cancelled June 24, 1994). 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]
3 NTSB records under N185GS: Accident on July 21, 2024 at Rural Retreat, VA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 17, 2012 at Fort Worth, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 21, 1991 at Vernon, OH: minor injuries, destroyed. 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
A loss of directional control during the landing roll.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA24LA312 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
The pilot did not maintain directional control of the airplane while landing in gusty wind conditions.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN12CA190 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
THE PILOT ROTATED THE AIRPLANE PREMATURELY AND CONTINUED THE CLIMB AT A DECK ANGLE THAT EVENTUALLY RESULTED IN A STALL. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S COMPLACENCY, FAILURE TO DETERMINE THE AIRPLANE'S PERFORMANCE CAPABILITIES PRIOR TO TAKE OFF AND HE TOOK OFF UP HILL WITH A QUARTERING TAIL WIND.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC91LA173 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 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