Cessna A185F
N185RF is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1976. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Cielo Azul LLC, an LLC in Sheridan, Wyoming. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 26, 2024 and expires on September 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 8, 1992.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- A185F · all A185Fs and related versions
- Serial number
- 18502942
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1976
- Cruising speed
- 127 mph
- Transponder code
- A154BC (octal 50252274)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 26, 2024
- Expires
- September 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- September 26, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · June 8, 1992
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00614182
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Cielo Azul LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 30 N Gould St Ste R
Sheridan, WY 82801-6317
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.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N185RF, 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 Cielo Azul LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 26, 2024, expires September 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 8, 1992, 16 years after the 1976 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 18502942 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N185RF 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]
2 NTSB records under N185RF: Accident on March 7, 2021 at Pueblo, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 26, 1992 at St. Cloud, MN: 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 in gusting crosswind conditions.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN21LA152 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO ABORT TAKEOFF BEFORE OVERRUNNING THE LAKE EDGE.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI92LA256 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data