N5485R is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna A185F built in 1976. The FAA cancelled the registration on February 17, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna A185F cancelled February 17, 2017
- Serial number
- 18503038
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1976
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- March 28, 2005
- Last FAA action
- March 18, 2008
- Last owner
- Krissman Robert R (Individual)
Roosevelt, UT - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Cessna 172F cancelled June 16, 1965
- Serial number
- 17253050
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Canada
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Cessna Aircraft CO (Corporation)
Wichita, KS - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N5485R
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185F · serial 18503038
The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of aircraft control. Factors in the accident were meteorological conditions consisting of low ceilings, and blowing snow, and the pilot's failure to obtain a preflight weather briefing.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site