3946Q: 1973 Cessna A185F Serial No: 18502213
Airframe
- 880 SMOH, 4880TT
- Float Kit (never on floats)
- Robertson STOL conversion (STC #SA1441WE)
- Like new interior (Nov. 1998):
- 6 seats (articulating front)
- All seats refoamed and recovered
- Black carpet
- Dark blue cloth & maroon vinyl (seats/doors/panels)
- Grey headliner and upper trim.
- Soros vent tubes
- BAS inertial reel shoulder harnesses
- Rosen sun visors
- 3 color paint scheme (Apr-96) with original 1973 pattern. White base, metallic blue & red trim with clear overcoat.
- Long range tanks (80 gal)
- Aerotech fuel cells, autofuel & alcohol tolerant (1993)
- Stowable rudder pedals
- Rudder trim
- Locking tail wheel
- Monarch Air anti-siphon gas caps
- Cleveland wheel & brake conversion
- Snider speed kit (gear leg, brake & stabilator fearings)
- Davids Superplane speed kit (flap gap seals, wheel pants, air cleaner fearing)
- Horton upper wing strut fearings
- Exhaust pipe fearing (Maple Leaf STC)
- Abrasion boots
- Ponk gear mod
- Baggage door lock (non pickable)
- BAS pull handles
- MtnView Aviation Door Stewards (left & right)
- Auxiliary power plug
- Auxiliary belly strobe
- Aeroflash wingtip strobe and nav light system
- Access panel (SK185-27) for jack-screw inspection
- Complete logs with STCs and 337s
- All ADs complied
Engine
- IO-550 engine (installed Feb-02)
- Davis Aviation Bonaire IO-550 conversion STC
- Hartzell Scimitar 3-blade prop
- Tornado Alley Turbo Cyclone turbonormalizing package
- Heavy engine mount upgrade (Kosola)
- Bendix magnetos
- Air/Oil Separator (Walker STC)
- Spin-on oil filter adapter
Instrumentation/Avionics
- Metal instr. panel (split left/right) with post lights
- Pilots side AI gyro with vacuum warning flag (Sigma Tek)
- Co-pilots side gyros (DG, AI, T&B)
- JPI Slimline digital TIT gauge
- JPI Slimline digital rpm gauge
- Electronics International UBG-16 engine analyzer (6 probe EGT & CHT, oil temp, & vacuum sensor)
- Digital fuel flow
- Avionics master switch
- Analog clock
- Headphone/mic jacks for 4 seats
- Push-to-talk switches on both yolks
- Front panel antenna jack for handheld transceiver
- Front panel solar charger jack (fused 12 volt bat)
- King KA33 fan assembly
- King KT76A transponder
- Narco AR-850 blind encoder
- Trans-Cal SSD120 solid state altitude encoder/digitizer
- King KMA24H audio panel with built in intercom
- KCS55A HSI
- Insight Strikefinder (slaved to HSI)
- Century I Autopilot (tracks NAV1, NAV2, GPS)
- NorthStar M2 GPS (with Loran backup, & IN515 CDI)
- NavCom1: KX155 /w glide slope (HSI indicator)
- NavCom2: KX155 /w glide slope & KI209 VOR/LOC/GS
- Davtron 903 digital VOR indicator
- King KR87 ADF /w KI227 indicator
- King KR21 marker beacon
- King KN65 DME
- King KN74 RNAV
Oxygen system
- 4 place oxygen system
- 2 place Mountain High EDS-D1 pulse demand system
- 2 place Mountain High MH4 flow meter system
- 50 cubic ft. Kevlar tank (KF-050) - installed between the rear seats
- Oxygen conserving nasal canulas
- Sufficient for 86 hours for the pilot, or 43 hours for pilot & copilot
- EDS-D1 powered from aircraft bus with internal battery backup