Cessna A185F
N56581 is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1975. It has 6 seats. It is registered to United States Department Of Interior, a government body in Boise, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 3, 1993 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated August 3, 2011. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- A185F · all A185Fs and related versions
- Serial number
- 18502907
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 127 mph
- Transponder code
- A73D07 (octal 51636407)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 3, 1993
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Other · August 3, 2011
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00014252
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- United States Department Of Interior
- Type
- Government
- Address
- Office Of Aviation Services
300 E Mallard Dr Ste 200
Boise, ID 83706-3991
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 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N56581, 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 United States Department Of Interior, a government body, certificate issued August 3, 1993, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 3, 2011, 36 years after the 1975 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 18502907 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N56581 according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 17, 2026). [3]
2 NTSB records under N56581: Accident on June 11, 1996 at Gustavus, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 20, 1996 at Juneau, 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 185F · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions. A factor associated with the accident was a crosswind.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC96TA087 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A-185-F · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions. A factor associated with the accident was the crosswind.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC96TA075 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