{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2017-02-28","city":"PALMER","country_code":"US","county_code":"170","cruise_speed_mph":125,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2027-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072818","mode_s_code":"52722467","mode_s_hex":"ABA537","model":"A185E","n_number":"N85CF","name":"SUTTON AIRCRAFT SALVAGE LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Illiamna","damage":"SUBS","date":"2016-07-19","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC16LA046","probable_cause":"The overstress fracture of the left main landing (MLG) gear axle attachment bolts and the subsequent separation of the left MLG wheel, which resulted in the pilot\u2019s inability to control the airplane.","registration":"N85CF","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on July 19, 2016 at Illiamna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"ANCHORAGE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1998-06-20","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC98LA082","probable_cause":"The rotation/slippage of the right main tire on the wheel rim, resulting in shearing of the tire tube valve stem, and subsequent tire deflation.  Factors in the accident were oversize, tundra tires operated on a dry, asphalt runway surface.","registration":"N85CF","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on June 20, 1998 at Anchorage, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N85CF is a Cessna A185E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1971. 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 February 28, 2017 and expires on February 28, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 28, 2017, expires February 28, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18501904 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N85CF according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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":"2 NTSB records under N85CF: Accident on July 19, 2016 at Illiamna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 20, 1998 at Anchorage, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. 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":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":6,"serial_number":"18501904","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"13500 E JENSEN AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00242841","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N85CF","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1971,"zip":"996459430"}