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N8717Q

Cessna A185F

Valid Alaska

N8717Q is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 6 seats. It is registered to State Of Alaska, a government body in Nome, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 3, 1979 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 20, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
A185F
Serial number
18503757
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
127 mph
Transponder code
ABFD69 (octal 52776551)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 3, 1979
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
October 20, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · February 20, 1979
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00212241

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
State Of Alaska
Type
Government
Address
PO Box 1148
Nome, AK 99762-1148
Co-owners
Alaska Department Of Fish And Game / Wildlife Conservation Division

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.

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