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N94237

Cessna A185F

Valid Alaska

N94237 is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wasilla, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 26, 2016 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
A185F · all A185Fs and related versions
Serial number
18503294
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1977
Cruising speed
127 mph
Transponder code
AD1777 (octal 53213567)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 26, 2016
Expires
October 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 9, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00420171

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Brett Ryan J
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 871063
Wasilla, AK 99687-1063

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Documents on file 0

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

Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N94237, 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 Brett Ryan J, an individual, certificate issued October 26, 2016, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18503294 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N94237 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

2 NTSB records under N94237: Accident on March 28, 2026 at Skwentna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 4, 1988 at Phillipsburg, MT: 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 2

ANC26LA022Accident on March 28, 2026 at Skwentna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091

The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing roll due to contact with wind hardened snow berm and subsequent failure of main landing gear.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

DEN88LA124Accident on June 4, 1988 at Phillipsburg, MT: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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