Cessna A185F
N61609 is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Polson, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 16, 2015 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 30, 2002. 1 document is on file: loan or lien (security agreement).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- A185F · all A185Fs and related versions
- Serial number
- 18504235
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO-550 SERIES · 300 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1981
- Cruising speed
- 127 mph
- Transponder code
- A80782 (octal 52003602)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 16, 2015
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · December 30, 2002
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00201346
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Eriksen Bjorn A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 38206 Summertime Ln
Polson, MT 59860-8279
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
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 4 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N61609, 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 Eriksen Bjorn A, an individual, certificate issued January 16, 2015, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 30, 2002, 21 years after the 1981 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 18504235 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N61609 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172M (serial 17264674, cancelled June 4, 1975). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (September 28, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file. [3]
4 NTSB records under N61609: Accident on August 21, 2011 at Polson, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 8, 2004 at Wasilla, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 5, 1999 at Soldotna, AK: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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 4
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR11CA406 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185F · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to compensate for a crosswind during landing and his failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with a ditch. A factor contributing to the accident was a crosswind.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC04LA090 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
The improper recovery from a bounced water landing by the pilot. Factors associated with this accident were the pilot's failure to release his seatbelt due to the obstructed location of the pilot's seatbelt buckle.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC99FA070 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
failure of the pilot to obtain or maintain adequate airspeed, by allowing the airplane to enter an excessive nose high attitude and an excessive rate of climb after takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with the terrain. A factor relating to the accident was: the pilot's inadequate preflight by failing to ensure proper elevator trim for takeoff.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW96LA351 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