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N491

1978 Cessna A185F

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 18503597

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA.

Registered owner

Acadiana Fixed Wing Rotor Wing Inc

Owner type: Corporation
Address: Po Box 340, Carencro, LA 70520
Fleet: 8 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Cessna A185F
Year built: 1978
Serial number: 18503597
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 4, 1995)
Mode S code: A613CE (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)

Past registrations of N491

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

Mar 29, 1961 Douglas DC3 · serial 2185 Air Ferry International · Pacific Palisades, CA · exported to JAPAN
Dec 26, 1930 Standard Aircraft Corp STANDARD J-1 · serial 6408 Taaffeedward · Miami, FL · exported to BRAZIL

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

Check the official record

This page mirrors the FAA's public registry file dated Oct 30, 2026. The FAA's own N-number inquiry is the official record, with the full owner address and documents.

Where is it now?

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