Cessna 185
N34VV is a Cessna 185, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1961. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Wattum Investments LLC, an LLC in Kodiak, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 27, 2022 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 16, 1994.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 185 · all 185s and related versions
- Serial number
- 185-0036
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO-470 SER · 260 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1961
- Cruising speed
- 125 mph
- Transponder code
- A3BCE4 (octal 50736344)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 27, 2022
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · November 16, 1994
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00091848
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wattum Investments LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 8955
Kodiak, AK 99615-8955
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 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N34VV, 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 Wattum Investments LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 27, 2022, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 16, 1994, 33 years after the 1961 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 185-0036 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N34VV was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Galbreath Terry S VARIVIGGEN (serial 550, cancelled August 13, 1990). 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 N34VV: Accident on September 12, 2023 at Healy, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 7, 1989 at Falcon, CO: serious injuries, destroyed. 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 185 · operated under 091
The pilot’s selection of an unsuitable landing site, resulting in a nose over.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC23LA075 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Galbreath VARIVIGGEN · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS NEWLY COMPLETED HOMEBUILT. THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO USE PROPER CONTROL INPUTS AND THE LACK OF INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE AIRCRAFT KIT MANUFACTURER ARE CONSIDERED AS CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN89DTE03 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