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Commonwealth 185 · 1946 · Tecumseh, MI
N73801 is a 1946 Commonwealth 185 (serial 1861), registered to Kisela Andrew J (individual) in Tecumseh, MI. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires January 2029; the airworthiness certificate dates from June 1956 (70 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor C85 SERIES engine rated at 85 hp, the engine on 95% of registered Commonwealth 185s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A9EB35. It is one of 62 Commonwealth 185 aircraft on the FAA registry. Kisela Andrew J holds 6 aircraft on the registry.
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57 of the 60 registered Commonwealth 185 carry this engine (95%), across 3 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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