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Cessna A185F · Colorado Springs, CO
N8400Q is a Cessna A185F (serial 18503682), registered to Spillman Aviation LLC (LLC) in Colorado Springs, CO. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires September 2033; the airworthiness certificate dates from May 1989 (37 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES engine rated at 285 hp, the engine on 89% of registered Cessna A185Fs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address AB8240. It is one of 1,113 Cessna A185F aircraft on the FAA registry. Spillman Aviation LLC holds 2 aircraft on the registry.
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939 of the 1,053 registered Cessna A185F carry this engine (89%), across 17 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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