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N8360Q

Cessna A185F

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIdaho

N8360Q is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 6 seats. It is registered to U S Department of the Interior, a government body in Boise, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 26, 2012 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for other, dated September 19, 1978.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
A185F · all A185Fs and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The 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
18503666
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-D · 300 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1978
Cruising speed
127 mph
Transponder code
AB710B (octal 52670413)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
March 26, 2012
Expires
March 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 28, 2023
Airworthiness
RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · OtherFAA certificate purpose code 0 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 19, 1978
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00380202

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
U S Department of the Interior
Type
GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
Office of Aviation Services
300 e Mallard Dr Ste 200
Boise, ID 83706-3991

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N8360Q links to the rest of the register

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Engine
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N8360Q, 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 U S Department of the Interior, a government body, certificate issued March 26, 2012, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Restricted certificate for other, dated September 19, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18503666 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N8360Q 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 N8360Q: Accident on July 6, 2005 at Delta Junction, AK: no 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

ANC05TA106Accident on July 6, 2005 at Delta Junction, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The pilot's misjudged distance/altitude during the landing touchdown and subsequent undershoot, and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in an on-ground encounter with high vegetation.

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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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data