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N185BC

Cessna 185

Valid Texas

N185BC 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 an individual in Roanoke, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 15, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 2, 1963.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
185
Serial number
1850021
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
6
Year built
1961
Cruising speed
125 mph
Transponder code
A1535B (octal 50251533)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 15, 2019
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · May 2, 1963
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00340333

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shackelford John S
Type
Individual
Address
400 Boeing Way
Roanoke, TX 76262-5798

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

2007-04-03Bell 206B-III · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data