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N5518E

1979 Cessna A185F

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 18503988

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Aug 31, 2028.

Registered owner

Romeo Charley LLC

Owner type: LLC
Address: 2424 5th St, Boulder, CO 80304

Aircraft

Make and model: Cessna A185F
Year built: 1979
Serial number: 18503988
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 Jan 15, 1980)
Mode S code: A70697 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Oct 27, 2008 · last FAA action Jun 3, 2023

Past registrations of N5518E

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

Aug 2, 1974 Cessna 150 · serial 17018 Weese G John · Fort Worth, TX

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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