Description:
1970 Cessna A185E with 6,009 hours total time and a 300 HP Continental IO-550-D with 170 hours SMOH by Ly-Con. The aircraft is equipped with Flint Aero auxiliary fuel tanks, a Hartzell three-blade constant-speed propeller, dual Garmin G5s, GTN 650, GFC 500 autopilot with yaw damper, and ADS-B In/Out. It has been owned by the current owner since 1981 and carries numerous utility and airframe modifications, including P.Ponk landing-gear reinforcement, oversized wheels and tires, factory camera port, and a total fuel capacity of approximately 84 gallons.
• Registration: N8536T
• Serial Number: 18501784
• Total Airframe Time: 6,009 hours
• Maximum Takeoff Weight: 3,600 lbs.
• Basic Empty Weight: 2,050 lbs.
• Useful Load: 1,550 lbs.
• Fuel Capacity: Approximately 84 gallons
• Flint Aero auxiliary tanks add 12 gallons per wing
• Engine: Continental IO-550-D15B
• Engine Serial Number: 284117-R
• Engine Power: 300 HP
• Engine Time: 170 hours SMOH
• Engine overhauled June 2021 by Ly-Con Engine Building Co.
• Hartzell three-blade constant-speed propeller
• Propeller Time: 434 hours SOH
• Garmin GTN 650 WAAS GPS/NAV/COM
• Dual Garmin G5 electronic flight instruments
• Garmin GFC 500 digital autopilot with yaw damper
• Heading, navigation, GPSS, altitude, approach and vertical-speed modes
• Garmin GDL 88 ADS-B In/Out
• Flight Stream 210
• PS Engineering PMA8000BT Bluetooth audio panel
• TKM MX-170C NAV/COM
• Narco AT-150 Mode C transponder
• King KR-85 ADF
• JPI Fuel Scan 450 digital fuel-flow computer
• JPI EGT-100 six-probe EGT gauge
• GAMI injectors
• P.Ponk heavy-duty main landing-gear attach reinforcement
• Oversized wheels and tires
• Knot 2U oversized wheel pants
• Cessna factory camera port
• Oil-A-Matic electric engine pre-oiler
• O’Berg heavy-duty oil filter
• Thermal Aircraft flap-gap seals
• Cee Bailey one-piece windshield
• Alphin cowling louvers
• Challenger air filter
• Whelen LED taxi and landing lights
• Pilot and copilot four-point inertia-reel shoulder harnesses
• Articulating front seats
• Electric pitch trim and rudder trim
• Locking tailwheel
• Factory tail-lift handles
• Right-side hinged window
• Exterior paint completed in 2012
• Four-seat interior
• Current owner has owned aircraft since 1981
• Former Mexican Federal Government surveillance aircraft
• Approximately first 2,000 hours of logbooks are missing
• Older horizontal-stabilizer dent professionally repaired
• Cosmetic hail dings present on upper aircraft surfaces; seller reports no associated structural damage
• Annual inspection was underway in May 2026; current inspection status should be verified
• Logbook copies available from seller
Point of Contact: Dan Howard, Dan Howard Aircraft Sales — (918) 498-7073
