Cessna A185F
N7574N 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 Float Plane Services LLC, an LLC in Saint Petersburg, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 9, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 8, 1991.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- A185F · all A185Fs and related versions
- Serial number
- 18504326
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO-520-D · 300 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1981
- Cruising speed
- 127 mph
- Transponder code
- AA36FB (octal 52433373)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 9, 2026
- Expires
- March 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- March 9, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · October 8, 1991
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00652927
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Float Plane Services LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 7901 4Th St N Ste 300
Saint Petersburg, FL 33702-4399
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N7574N, 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 Float Plane Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 9, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 8, 1991, 10 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 18504326 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N7574N 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]
3 NTSB records under N7574N: Accident on February 15, 2026 at Everglades City, FL: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on September 6, 2021 at Kingsley, IA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 29, 2006 at Pembroke, MA: 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185 · operated under 091
On February 15, 2026, about 1155 eastern standard time, a Cessna A185F, N7574N, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Everglades City, Florida. The pilot was seriously injured, and the passenger was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to preliminary ADS-B data, the airplane departed from Marco Island Executive Airport (MKY), Marco Island, Florida at 1116 and flew southeast toward the coastline. The airplane followed the coastline and performed multiple turns until it reached Pavilio…
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA26FA115 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of an unsecured fuel bladder, which reduced the fuel capacity of the affected tank.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN21LA406 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a ground loop and subsequent impact with trees. A factor was the soft runway as reported by the pilot.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC06CA065 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
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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