Cessna A185F
N1920Q is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Acadian Aircraft Leasing LLC, an LLC in Rangeley, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 28, 2016 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 7, 1977.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- A185F · all A185Fs and related versions
- Serial number
- 18503502
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1977
- Cruising speed
- 127 mph
- Transponder code
- A17200 (octal 50271000)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 28, 2016
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · November 7, 1977
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 00042900
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Acadian Aircraft Leasing LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 987
Rangeley, ME 04970-0987
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N1920Q, 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 Acadian Aircraft Leasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 28, 2016, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated November 7, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18503502 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1920Q 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 N1920Q: Accident on August 22, 2019 at Rangeley Lake, ME: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 29, 1989 at Seattle, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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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 A185 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the floats, which led to his subsequent attempt to depart from a lake with damaged floats and led to a loss of roll control and the right wing impacting the water.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A-185-F · operated under 091
THE PILOT DID NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING ROLL.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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