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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 capable utility aircraft with 6,009 hours total time on the airframe. It is powered by a low-time 300-horsepower Continental IO-550D factory remanufactured engine with 170 hours since installation in 2021, offering 1,466 hours remaining until its 1,900-hour TBO, paired with a Hartzell 3-blade constant-speed propeller with 434 hours since overhaul. The aircraft is IFR-ready with a modern Garmin panel featuring dual G5 EFIS displays, a GTN-650Xi WAAS GPS/comm, and a GFC-500 digital autopilot, complemented by a PS Engineering audio panel and secondary nav/com.

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Year: 1970

Make: Cessna

Series: 185 Skywagon

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 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!

Inspection Status: Annual Inspection next due: November 1, 2026

Avionics

GPS

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

Comms

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

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 w/ Voice-Activated Stereo Intercom System

PFD

Garmin G5 - EFIS Artificial Horizon

MFD

Garmin G5 - 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 Pre-Oiler System, Engine Oil Filter

Camera Port

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

Seat Harnesses

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

Seats

Articulating Front Seats with Headrests

Landing Gear

Oversized Tires & Wheels, as well as Oversized Wheelpants, Locking Tail Wheel

Chronometer

Astro-Tech LC-2 - Digital Chronometer

Propeller Spinner

Polished Prop Spinner

Switches

Pilot Push-to-Talk Switches

Trim

Electric Pitch Trim, Rudder Trim

Window

Right-Hand Hinged Window

Oversized Tires & Wheels

Oversized Tires & Wheels, as well as Oversized Wheelpants

Engine Pre-Oiler System

Oil-A-Matic Engine Pre-Oiler System

Shoulder Harnesses

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

Prop Spinner

Polished Prop Spinner

Oil Filter

Engine Oil Filter

Push-to-Talk Switches

Pilot Push-to-Talk Switches

Tail Wheel

Locking Tail Wheel

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 Blue trim. Professionally painted in 2010. Hail dings (cosmetic, not structural) are visible on the top skins of the aircraft.