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Commonwealth 185 · 1946 · Rio, WV
N92968 is a 1946 Commonwealth 185 (serial 1701), registered to Mallow David N (individual) in Rio, WV. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires November 2028; the airworthiness certificate dates from July 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 ACE2E4. It is one of 62 Commonwealth 185 aircraft on the FAA registry. Mallow David N holds 2 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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