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1970 Cessna A185E SkywagonSingle-Engine Piston Aircraft • Tulsa, OK, USA

This 1970 Cessna A185E, registration N8536T, presents a well-equipped and maintained airframe with 6,009 total hours. The aircraft is powered by a Continental IO-550D factory remanufactured engine with 170 hours since installation in June 2020, offering 1,466 hours remaining until its 1,900-hour TBO. It features a Hartzell 3-blade constant-speed propeller with 434 hours since overhaul, long-range wingtip fuel tanks for 84 gallons total capacity, and an Oil-A-Matic engine pre-oiler system. The airframe has a useful load of 1,550 pounds and includes a Cessna factory camera port kit.

The panel is equipped for IFR operations with a Garmin...

Year: 1970

Make: Cessna

Series: 185

Model: A185E Skywagon

Tail #: N8536T

Serial #: 18501784

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Specifications

Category: Single-Engine Piston

Intended Use: Aerial Surveying, Utility

Flight Rules: IFR

Useful Load: 1,550 lbs

Seats: 4

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time: 6,009 hrs

Engine 1 Time: 170 hrs

Prop 1 Time: 434 hrs (SOH)

Logbook Status: First 2,000 hours of logs missing. The aircraft was seized by the U.S. gov't in the 1980's and utilized the aircraft for surveillance and camera work for a few years.

Inspection Status: Annual Inspection next due: September 1, 2025

Avionics

GPS

Garmin GTN 650Xi - GPS-Com LPV, and Color Touchscreen Map

Comms

TKM MX-170C - TKM Digital Nav-Com #2 w/ VOR, ADF

Autopilot

Garmin GFC 500 - Digital Autopilot with Hdg/Nav/GPS Tracking, GPSS, Altitude Hold, Approach Mode, Vertical Speed Mode, Emergency 'Level Off' Mode, Glideslope Coupling

Audio

PS Engineering PMA-8000-BT - PS Bluetooth Audio Panel with Voice-Activated Stereo Intercom System

ADS-B Out

Narco AT-150 - Transponder w/ Mode-C Encoder

PFD

Garmin G5 PFD - EFIS Artificial Horizon

MFD

Garmin G5 MFD - EFIS Slaved HSI

EMS/EIS

JPI Fuel Scan 450 - JPI Digital Flow Computer, JPI Digital Exhaust Gas Temp Gauge

Additional Equipment

Fuel System

Long Range Wingtip Fuel Tanks

Engine System

Oil-A-Matic - Engine System

Camera System

Cessna Camera Port Kit - Factory installed (Belly mounted Hole)

Landing Gear

Oversized Tires & Wheels, as well as Oversized Wheelpants

Safety Equipment

Pilot & Co-Pilot 4-Point Inertia Reel Shoulder Harnesses

Seating

Articulating Front Seats with Headrests

Instrumentation

Astro-Tech LC-2 - Digital Chronometer

Propeller

Polished Prop Spinner

Engine Maintenance

Engine Oil Filter

Controls

Pilot Push-to-Talk Switches, Electric Pitch Trim, Rudder Trim Locking Tail Wheel

Windows

Right-Hand Hinged Window

Oversized Tires Wheels

Oversized Tires & Wheels, as well as Oversized Wheelpants

Camera Port

Cessna Factory Camera Port Kit installed

Engine Pre-Oiler

Oil-A-Matic - Engine System

Shoulder Harnesses

Pilot & Co-Pilot 4-Point Inertia Reel Shoulder Harnesses

Seats

Articulating Front Seats with Headrests

Fuel Flow Computer

JPI Fuel Scan 450 - JPI Digital Flow Computer

EGT Gauge

JPI EGT-100-6C - JPI Digital Exhaust Gas Temp Gauge

Chronometer

Astro-Tech LC-2 - Digital Chronometer

Fuel Tanks

Long Range Wingtip Fuel Tanks

Interior & Exterior

Interior Rating: 7/10

Interior Year: 1990

Paint Rating: 8/10

Paint Year: 2010

Interior Notes: 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.

Exterior Notes: Light Beige base with Red & Blue trim. Professionally painted in 2010. Hail dings (cosmetic, not structural) are visible on the top skins of the aircraft.