{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1997-11-18","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-04-10","city":"TURNER","country_code":"US","county_code":"005","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":"2031-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-08-29","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072821","mode_s_code":"50252336","mode_s_hex":"A154DE","model":"A185F","n_number":"N185SQ","name":"SNIDER HELICOPTER SERVICE LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Madeira Beach","damage":"SUBS","date":"2009-09-05","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ERA09LA502","probable_cause":"A loss of torque to the gearbox engine-side coupling flange bolts, which resulted in separation of the gearbox and propeller from the engine and the subsequent severing of the airplane's tail structure.","registration":"N185SQ","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on September 5, 2009 at Madeira Beach, FL: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N185SQ 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 Snider Helicopter Service LLC, an LLC in Turner, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 10, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 18, 1997.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Snider Helicopter Service LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 10, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 18, 1997, 20 years after the 1977 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18503306 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N185SQ was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: M-Squared SPRINT 1000 (serial 0554, cancelled July 14, 2017). 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":"1 NTSB record under N185SQ: Accident on September 5, 2009 at Madeira Beach, FL: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal). 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":6,"serial_number":"18503306","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2040 HOMESTEAD RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00630900","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N185SQ","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1977,"zip":"595429628"}