{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1978-02-24","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2004-12-17","city":"BIRMINGHAM","country_code":"US","county_code":"117","cruise_speed_mph":127,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17032","engine_horsepower":285,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"IO 520 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-07","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072821","mode_s_code":"50252122","mode_s_hex":"A15452","model":"A185F","n_number":"N185M","name":"G-4 AIR LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Haines","damage":"SUBS","date":"2007-05-02","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC07LA035","probable_cause":"The main landing gear attachment bolts to the right ski sheared during the landing roll in deep snow, resulting in a nose down, and structural damage to the right wing and aileron.","registration":"N185M","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on May 2, 2007 at Haines, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"YAKUTAT","damage":"SUBS","date":"2000-08-17","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC00LA105","probable_cause":"The total fatigue failure of the right main landing gear leg.","registration":"N185M","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on August 17, 2000 at Yakutat, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"RENO","damage":"DEST","date":"1986-08-04","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"SEA86LA192","probable_cause":"","registration":"N185M","state":"NV","summary":"Accident on August 4, 1986 at Reno, NV: minor injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N185M 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 G-4 Air LLC, an LLC in Birmingham, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 17, 2004 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 24, 1978.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to G-4 Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 17, 2004, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated February 24, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18503532 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N185M was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna A185F (serial 18504264, cancelled February 11, 2008). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"3 NTSB records under N185M: Accident on May 2, 2007 at Haines, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 17, 2000 at Yakutat, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 4, 1986 at Reno, NV: minor injuries, destroyed. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":6,"serial_number":"18503532","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5309 MEADOW BROOK RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00013451","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N185M","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1978,"zip":"352423316"}