{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1961-03-31","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2010-02-03","city":"LAUREL","country_code":"US","county_code":"111","cruise_speed_mph":125,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17027","engine_horsepower":260,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"I0-470 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-09","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072802","mode_s_code":"53332551","mode_s_hex":"ADB569","model":"185","n_number":"N9823X","name":"TOP HAND INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"DURANGO","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-03-01","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN99LA045","probable_cause":"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.","registration":"N9823X","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on March 1, 1999 at Durango, CO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"DURANGO","damage":"SUBS","date":"1992-06-13","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN92LA058","probable_cause":"IMPROPER USE OF BRAKES.  FACTORS WERE:  POORLY PLANNED APPROACH AND EXCESSIVE LANDING SPEED.","registration":"N9823X","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on June 13, 1992 at Durango, CO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"DURANGO","damage":"SUBS","date":"1989-08-06","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN89LA188","probable_cause":"IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT.  THE WIND CONDITION WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.","registration":"N9823X","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on August 6, 1989 at Durango, CO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"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.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Top Hand INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 3, 2010, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate, dated March 31, 1961, consistent with the 1961 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 185-0023 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N9823X 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":"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.","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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":6,"serial_number":"185-0023","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2750 WOLD RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00353750","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N9823X","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1961,"zip":"590449557"}