Cessna A185F
N8081E is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1974. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Flying Horseman Ranch LLC, an LLC in Stuart, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 10, 2022 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 3, 1995.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- A185F · all A185Fs and related versions
- Serial number
- 18502329
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1974
- Cruising speed
- 127 mph
- Transponder code
- AB0215 (octal 52601025)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 10, 2022
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · May 3, 1995
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00145292
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Flying Horseman Ranch LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 284 Scenic Dr
Stuart, VA 24171-2737
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 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N8081E, 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 Flying Horseman Ranch LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 10, 2022, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 3, 1995, 21 years after the 1974 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 18502329 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8081E was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Navion NAVION A (serial NAV41753, cancelled December 12, 1990). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N8081E: Accident on April 29, 2002 at Cumberland, WI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 23, 1990 at Big Bear, CA: 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 failure of the pilot to maintain directional control after encountering high winds and gusty winds during taxi from landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI02LA124 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Navion A · operated under 091
THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO ADEQUATELY COMPENSATE FOR THE CROSS WIND ON HIS APPROACH.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX90LA228 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