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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Cessna A185E
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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- A185E · all A185Es and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna A185 Skywagon family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 18501818
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 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 registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 18, 1996
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- MultipleFAA airworthiness class code 6 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Standard; Restricted; OtherFAA certificate purpose code 130 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 28, 1972
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00791715
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Fowler Jon e
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- 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.
Connections how N5849J links to the rest of the register
- Cessna A185 Skywagon 1,372 registered
- Cessna 72,684 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental IO-520 series 9,485 aircraft with this engine series · 285 hp
- Hallock, MN 10 aircraft registered in this town
- Hallock Municipal · HCO
- Minnesota 6,939 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna A185 Skywagon 28 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna A185 Skywagon 448 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna A185 Skywagon 530 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental IO-520 series 30 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental IO-520 series 465 reports since 1995
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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.
Valid registration to Fowler Jon e, an individual, certificate issued September 18, 1996, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Multiple certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated July 28, 1972, consistent with the 1970 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18501818 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5849J 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]
1 NTSB record under N5849J: Accident on February 4, 1993 at North Bend, OR: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data