{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2002-12-30","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2015-01-16","city":"POLSON","country_code":"US","county_code":"047","cruise_speed_mph":127,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Loan or lien (security agreement)","doc_type_code":"S/A","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-28"}],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17042","engine_horsepower":300,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"IO-550 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-14","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072821","mode_s_code":"52003602","mode_s_hex":"A80782","model":"A185F","n_number":"N61609","name":"ERIKSEN BJORN A","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Polson","damage":"SUBS","date":"2011-08-21","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR11CA406","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.","registration":"N61609","state":"MT","summary":"Accident on August 21, 2011 at Polson, MT: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Wasilla","damage":"SUBS","date":"2004-08-08","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC04LA090","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to compensate for a crosswind during landing and his failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with a ditch.  A factor contributing to the accident was a crosswind.","registration":"N61609","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on August 8, 2004 at Wasilla, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"SOLDOTNA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-06-05","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ANC99FA070","probable_cause":"The improper recovery from a bounced water landing by the pilot.  Factors associated with this accident were the pilot's failure to release his seatbelt due to the obstructed location of the pilot's seatbelt buckle.","registration":"N61609","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on June 5, 1999 at Soldotna, AK: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"MIDLAND","damage":"SUBS","date":"1996-08-19","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"FTW96LA351","probable_cause":"failure of the pilot to obtain or maintain adequate airspeed, by allowing the airplane to enter an excessive nose high attitude and an excessive rate of climb after takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with the terrain.  A factor relating to the accident was: the pilot's inadequate preflight by failing to ensure proper elevator trim for takeoff.","registration":"N61609","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on August 19, 1996 at Midland, TX: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N61609 is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Polson, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 16, 2015 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 30, 2002. 1 document is on file: loan or lien (security agreement).","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Eriksen Bjorn A, an individual, certificate issued January 16, 2015, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 30, 2002, 21 years after the 1981 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 18504235 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N61609 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172M (serial 17264674, cancelled June 4, 1975). 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":"1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (September 28, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"4 NTSB records under N61609: Accident on August 21, 2011 at Polson, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 8, 2004 at Wasilla, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 5, 1999 at Soldotna, AK: fatal, substantial damage (1 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":6,"serial_number":"18504235","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"38206 SUMMERTIME LN","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00201346","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N61609","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1981,"zip":"598608279"}