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N9879X

Cessna 185

Valid

N9879X 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 LLC. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 3, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 6, 1961.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
185
Serial number
1850079
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor I0-470 SERIES · 260 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1961
Cruising speed
125 mph
Transponder code
ADC8CE (octal 53344316)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 3, 2024
Expires
January 31, 2031
Last FAA action
January 3, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · May 6, 1961
FAA region
—
FAA record id
00853590

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Withheld at the owner's request
Type
LLC
Address

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