Cessna A185E
N185K is a Cessna A185E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1971. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Northern Aviation LLC, an LLC in Palmer, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 5, 2006 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for other, dated June 21, 1991.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- A185E · all A185Es and related versions
- Serial number
- 18501890
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1971
- Cruising speed
- 125 mph
- Transponder code
- A15420 (octal 50252040)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 5, 2006
- Expires
- September 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- July 17, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Other · June 21, 1991
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00340617
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Northern Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 820 E Aircraft Rd Ste 200
Palmer, AK 99645
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 3
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N185K, 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 Northern Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 5, 2006, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 21, 1991, 20 years after the 1971 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 18501890 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N185K was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Cessna A185E (serial 18501887, cancelled January 29, 2008); Pilatus Porter PC-6/C-H2 (serial 563, cancelled April 16, 1979); Monocoupe 90 (serial 519, cancelled February 2, 1948). 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]
2 NTSB records under N185K: Accident on May 8, 2004 at Englewood, CO: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 15, 1996 at Cody, WY: 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 A185E · operated under 091
the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which failed to verify an adequate fuel supply and his inadequate in-flight planning/decision which resulted in fuel exhaustion. The inadequate indication of his fuel quantity system is a contributing factor.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN04LA071 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185E · operated under 135
failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane and runway alignment during the takeoff roll. Factors relating to the accident were: the crosswind, and possible dragging of the right brake.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA96LA193 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