Cessna A185F
N3308S is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1973. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC, an LLC in Palmer, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 15, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 27, 1973.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- A185F · all A185Fs and related versions
- Serial number
- 18502267
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1973
- Cruising speed
- 127 mph
- Transponder code
- A39950 (octal 50714520)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 15, 2026
- Expires
- June 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- June 15, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · August 27, 1973
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00952103
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 13500 E Jensen Ave
Palmer, AK 99645-9430
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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 N3308S, 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 Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 15, 2026, expires June 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated August 27, 1973, consistent with the 1973 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18502267 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3308S 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 N3308S: Accident on May 21, 2025 at Trapper Creek, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 24, 2005 at Skwentna, AK: 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 improper flare while landing on glassy water, which resulted in a hard landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC25LA057 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185 · operated under 091
The pilot's selection of an unsuitable taxi area, which resulted in an encounter with a hidden obstruction, and an on-ground collision with trees while taxiing to takeoff. Factors associated with the accident were trees and a hidden obstruction.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC06CA008 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