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N185SL

1981 Cessna A185F

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 18504316

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Dec 31, 2029.

Registered owner

Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Owner type: Government
Address: 41 State House Sta, Augusta, ME 04333
Also named: Maine Warden Service
Fleet: 3 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Cessna A185F
Year built: 1981
Serial number: 18504316
Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Land
Engines: 1 × Piston · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
Seats: 6
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Aug 5, 1981)
Mode S code: A154DA (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Dec 14, 2016 · last FAA action Sep 22, 2023

Past registrations of N185SL

N-numbers are reused. Each line is an earlier registration, ending on the date the FAA canceled it.

Jul 19, 1989 Laas Wilburn E KITFOX · serial 185

What a Cessna 180/185 looks likePhoto of a Cessna 180/185, not this aircraft: Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Where is it now?

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