Description:
Total Time:6009 Engine 1 Time:170 SFRM Prop 1 Time:434 SOH Useful Load:1550 lb Condition:Used Year Painted:2010 Interior Year:1990 Flight Rules:IFR # of Seats:4
Detailed Description
A clean, well-maintained A185E w/ low-time IO-550D FRMN engine, 3-bld prop, long range fuel (tip tanks), Cessna camera port, Dual G5’s, GTN-650Xi, GFC-500 AP, JPI Dig FF, JPI Dig EGT, 4-point shoulder harnesses, oversize tires/wheels/fairings, nice paint & interior. Ready to go !
Avionics / Equipment
AVIONICS:
PS Engineering PMA-8000-BT Bluetooth Audio Panel w/ Voice-Activated Stereo Intercom System
Garmin GTN-650Xi WAAS-IFR GPS-Com w/ ILS, LPV, and Color ‘Touchscreen’ Moving Map Display & Terrain Avoidance
Garmin G5 EFIS Artificial Horizon
Garmin G5 EFIS Slaved HSI
TKM MX-170C Digital Nav-Com #2 w/ VOR
King KR-85 ADF
Narco AT-150- TSO Transponder w/ Mode-C Encoder
Garmin GFC-500 Digital Autopilot with Hdg/Nav/GPS Tracking, GPSS, Altitude Hold, Approach Mode, Vertical Speed Mode, Emergency ‘Level Off’ Mode, & Glidesllope Couplin
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT:
Oversized Tires & Wheels, as well as Oversized Wheelpants
Cessna Factory Camera Port Kit installed
Oil-A-Matic Engine Pre-Oiler System
Pilot & Co-Pilot 4-Point Inertia Reel Shoulder Harnesses
Articulating Front Seats with Headrests
JPI Fuel Scan 450 Digital Fuel Flow Computer
JPI EGT-100-6C 6-Probe Digital Exhaust Gas Temp Gauge
Astro-Tech LC-2 Digital Chronometer
Oil-A-Matic Engine Pre-Oiler System
Polished Prop Spinner
Engine Oil Filter
Pilot Push-to-Talk Switches
Electric Pitch Trim
Rudder Trim
Locking Tail Wheel
Right-Hand Hinged Window
Airframe
6,009 Hours Total Time Since New
Engines / Mods / Prop
ENGINE:
170 hours on Continental IO-550-D Factory Reman Engine (June 2021)
300-Horsepower Engine with 1,900-Hour Factory Recommended TBO
PROPELLER:
434 hours on Hartzell STC’d 3-Blade Constant-Speed Prop
MODS:
P. Ponk Aviation Heavy Duty Main Landing Gear ‘Beef Up’ Attach Castings (STC # SA2918NM)
Flint Aero Inboard From Wingtip Fuel Tanks with 12 extra gallons per wing (STC $ SA2529WE)
Oil-A-Matic Electric Engine Pre-Oiler System (STC # SA4094NM)
O’Berg 600 Series Heavy Duty Oil Filter (STC # SA4172NM)
Cessna Factory Camera Port Kit installed (Belly mounted Camera Hole)
Thermal Aircraft Co. Flap Gap Seals (STC # SA3313WE)
Cee Bailey One-Piece Windshield
Alphin Cowling Louvers (STC # SA77NE)
Interior / Exterior
INTERIOR:
Two-tone Light Beige leather interior with Brown fabric inserts.
Matching two-tone sidepanels.
Beige seatbelts.
Light Beige interior window trim and headliner.
Navy Blue carpeting.
Rated 7+.
EXTERIOR:
Aircraft flight controls were removed, and aircraft was stripped, washed, primed with DuPont Vari-Prime primer, then painted with the following paint products in February 2012:
Sherwyn-William Acry-Glo Moondust base (W00248)
DuPont Imron Blue (62203X) accent
DuPont Imron Red (4492X) accent
Controls were balanced checked as per maintenance manual.
Hail dings on top skins of the aircraft, cosmetic only, no structural damage).
Rated – 8.
Remarks
Annual Inspection underway in May 2026!
Logs Status: First 2,000 hours of logs are missing. The aircraft sold to the Mexican Federal Government when brand new and stayed in the Mexican camera-equipped surveillance fleet until it was exported to the U.S. in 1981. The current owner has owned this aircraft since 1981! Always based in the dry climate of Minden, Nevada, just southeast of Lake Tahoe.
Older damage history: Horizontal stabilizer was dented and professionally repaired years ago. Aircraft has hail dings on all top surfaces.
