Cessna A185F
N94260 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 Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC, an LLC in Palmer, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 14, 2025 and expires on January 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 24, 1977.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- A185F · all A185Fs and related versions
- Serial number
- 18503296
- 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
- AD17D9 (octal 53213731)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 14, 2025
- Expires
- January 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- January 15, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · February 24, 1977
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00690161
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 13500 E Jensen Ave
Palmer, AK 99645-9430
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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 N94260, 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 Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 14, 2025, expires January 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated February 24, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18503296 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N94260 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 N94260: Accident on August 8, 2024 at Fairbanks, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 11, 2007 at Mcgrath, 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 A185F · operated under 135
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing at a short remote airstrip.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC24LA075 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185 · operated under 135
The pilot's selection of an unsuitable takeoff area which resulted in an overrun and collision with a gravel berm during an aborted takeoff. Factors contributing to the accident were his delay in aborting the takeoff, and the short takeoff area.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC07CA097 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