Cessna 185
N9823X is a Cessna 185, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1961. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Top Hand INC, a corporation in Laurel, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 3, 2010 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated March 31, 1961.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 185 · all 185s and related versions
- Serial number
- 185-0023
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor I0-470 SERIES · 260 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1961
- Cruising speed
- 125 mph
- Transponder code
- ADB569 (octal 53332551)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 3, 2010
- Expires
- October 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 9, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · March 31, 1961
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00353750
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Top Hand INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 2750 Wold Rd
Laurel, MT 59044-9557
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.
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The public federal record on N9823X, 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 Top Hand INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 3, 2010, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated March 31, 1961, consistent with the 1961 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 185-0023 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9823X 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]
3 NTSB records under N9823X: Accident on March 1, 1999 at Durango, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 13, 1992 at Durango, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 6, 1989 at Durango, CO: 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and inadvertently allowing the airplane to ground loop. Factors were gusty crosswind conditions, pertinent crosswind information not made available by the manufacturer, and FAA's inadequate certification and approval of the airplane.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN99LA045 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185 · operated under 091
IMPROPER USE OF BRAKES. FACTORS WERE: POORLY PLANNED APPROACH AND EXCESSIVE LANDING SPEED.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN92LA058 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185 · operated under 091
IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT. THE WIND CONDITION WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN89LA188 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