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N9494N

1981 Cessna A185F

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 18504365

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Apr 30, 2032.

Registered owner

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Owner type: Government
Address: 353 Water St, Augusta, ME 04330
Also named: Bureau of Maine Warden Service

Aircraft

Make and model: Cessna A185F
Year built: 1981
Serial number: 18504365
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 7, 1982)
Mode S code: AD3188 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Apr 4, 2025 · last FAA action Apr 4, 2025

Past registrations of N9494N

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

Jul 18, 1969 1969 Piper PA-28R-200 · serial 28R-35215 Piper Aircraft Corp · Lock Haven, PA · exported to SPAIN

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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