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1973 Cessna 185F Skywagon

Used
$399,000
$349,000
(-13%)
03/19/2024
$54,653 below PlanePrice™️ Estimate
Est: $2,588/mo
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Registration no. N98JBSerial no. 18500652
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OUR ESTIMATE: $403,653
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1,864 VIEWS
139 DAYS ON FLYING
2 SAVES

Aircraft Listing Type

For Sale

Highlights

  • 1973 Cessna 185F, This is the first factory built and released 1973 Cessna 185F. It was built in 1965 and used as a Cessna model year platform for 7 years. It was sold new as a 1973 as a 185F with the cuffed wing and landing lights in the nose. It has had a fairly recent 15 minutes of fame and is incredibly well equipped. The MT Prop has a reversing feature that generates zero or reverse thrust which is very usefull on floats where there arwe no brakes. Very minor early damage history.

Seller location

Placerville, California, United States

Aircraft location

Placerville, California, United States

Airframe Total time

5,322 hours

Airframe Description

  • Factory float kit
  • Long range fuel
  • McFarlane Stainless steel cables
  • Lifting rings
  • Factory corrosion proofing
  • Seaplanes West engine mount
  • Acorn welding exhaust
  • Surefly electronic Emagneto
  • Airwolf remote oil filter
  • New electric fuel pump
  • New airforms engine baffles
  • New McFarlane prop' throttle and mixture controls
  • Bubble windows
  • "Hockey Stick" Tail AD complied with
  • All new McFarlane nylon bushings
  • McFarlane aluminum trim wheel
  • Kenmore 206 middle row seat STC
  • P-Ponk gear leg beef-up kit
  • BAS shoulder harnesses
  • Extended baggage
  • BAS tailcone lift handles
  • Cessna anti-slip seat arrestor belt
  • Door stewards
  • Airframes Alaska tailwheel stinger
  • Airframes Alaska ABI-3400 Tailwheel
  • LED Lights throughout
  • Strobes
  • Vortex ganerators
  • 850x6 main tires
  • Eagle fuel drains
  • Oil quick drain
  • Floor mats

Engine 1 hours

95 hours SNEW

Propulsion

  • Engine: 
  • 95 Hours on IO-550 Continental by FWF
  • Propeller: 
  • 95 hours Since new on reversible three blade MT prop

Flight rules

Instrument Flight Rules

Navigation equipment

  • Full Garmin touch screen panel
  • 28 volt system
  • Garmin 10 inch G3X with AOA, HITS and synthetic vision
  • Garmin GFC 500 Autopilot
  • Garmin ⁠G5 back-up Horizon
  • Garmin GMA 340 Audio panel
  • Garmin GNX 375 LPV navigator with ADSN in and out
  • Garmin GNX 255 digital Nav/com with ILS
  • Garmin GTR 255 digital Com
  • Electronics International CGR-30P Engine analyzer
  • Electronics International CGR-30C Fuel management computer
  • 406 ELT
  • Avionics master switch
  • Dual USB power outlets
  • All new panel
  • All new switches

Number of seats

6

Interior Condition

  • Two tone side panels and cream/tan seats in matching leather. 
  • Very good throughout. 

Interior Score

8

Exterior Condition

  • White upper, red lower with grray and black minor accents in 
  • very attractive custom scheme.

Paint Score

8

Inspection Status

  • Annual Due: July 2024

Damage history

  • Very minor early damage history.
Date
Event
Price
03/19/2024
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$399,000$349,000
(-13%)
12/21/2023
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$399,000
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