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N78185

Cessna A185F

N78185 is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 6 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Colusa, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 28, 2000 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 8, 1993.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
A185F
Serial number
18503544
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
Seats
6
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
127 mph
Transponder code
AA97CB (octal 52513713)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 28, 2000
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · July 8, 1993
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00154872

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sankey Paul F
Type
Co-owned
Address
1126 Parkhill St
Colusa, CA 95932-2154
Co-owners
Sankey Mary K

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

1969-06-26Globe GC-1B · exported to Canada · Valid registration

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