Cessna A185F
N8700Z is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1975. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Roberts, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 21, 1992 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 18, 1975.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- A185F · all A185Fs and related versions
- Serial number
- 18502896
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 127 mph
- Transponder code
- ABF8C6 (octal 52774306)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 21, 1992
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · December 18, 1975
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00382291
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bergh Gene H
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1159 Hwy 12
Roberts, WI 54023
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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 N8700Z, 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 Bergh Gene H, an individual, certificate issued February 21, 1992, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated December 18, 1975, consistent with the 1975 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18502896 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8700Z 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]
2 NTSB records under N8700Z: Accident on July 8, 1985 at Egegik, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 24, 1983 at Petersburg, AK: 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
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC85LA123 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185 SKYWAGON · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA83LA180 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