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N5849J

Cessna A185E

Valid Minnesota

N5849J is a Cessna A185E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1970. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hallock, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 18, 1996 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated July 28, 1972.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
A185E · all A185Es and related versions
Serial number
18501818
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1970
Cruising speed
125 mph
Transponder code
A78860 (octal 51704140)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 18, 1996
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Other · July 28, 1972
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00791715

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Fowler Jon E
Type
Individual
Address
2705 US Highway 75
Hallock, MN 56728-9526

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N5849J, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Fowler Jon E, an individual, certificate issued September 18, 1996, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Multiple certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated July 28, 1972, consistent with the 1970 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18501818 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N5849J according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N5849J: Accident on February 4, 1993 at North Bend, OR: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

SEA93LA062Accident on February 4, 1993 at North Bend, OR: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185E · operated under 091

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, AND INADEQUATE REMEDIAL ACTION. FACTORS INCLUDE A POOR INFLIGHT DECISION, AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA93LA062 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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