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A Cessna 185 Skywagon, the same model family as N185WB
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N185WB

Cessna 185

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMichigan

N185WB is a Cessna 185, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Barryton, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 25, 2009 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 19, 1980.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
185 · all 185s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna 185 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
18504105
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
1980
Cruising speed
125 mph
Transponder code
A15535 (octal 50252465)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 25, 2009
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
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 19, 1980
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00092660

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Fodor Scott M
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
10644 W Coleman Rd
Barryton, MI 49305-9638

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N185WB links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Barryton, MI 4 aircraft registered in this town
  • Michigan 7,225 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N185WB, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Fodor Scott M, an individual, certificate issued August 25, 2009, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated June 19, 1980, consistent with the 1980 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18504105 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N185WB according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N185WB: Accident on January 14, 2004 at Deer Park, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

SEA04LA034Accident on January 14, 2004 at Deer Park, WA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185F · operated under 091

The dual student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll and the failure of the flight instructor to provide remedial action. A factor was snowbank.

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data