Cessna
1962 Cessna 185A Skywagon
$160,000
1962 · 10,124 h
Dealer
CessnaSingle-engine piston · Little Rock, AR
1962 Cessna 185A
- Price
- $250,000
- Year
- 1962
- Total time
- 9,524 hours
- Location
- United States
Specifications
General
- Sale Status
- For Sale
- Make/Model
- CESSNA 185A
- Registration #
- N969WM
- Serial #
- 185-0506
- Total time
- 9524
- Engine 1 Time
- 249 SMOH
- Prop 1 Time
- 249 SMOH
- Useful Load
- 1341 lb
- Condition
- Used
- Year Painted
- 2020
- Interior Year
- 2020
- Flight Rules
- VFR
Airframe
- Airframe
- Paint completed 2020
- Annual August 2025
- ABI wheels and brakes
- Baby Bushwheel tailwheel
- P. Ponk landing gear reinforcement kit
- Float/Amphib kit
- Micro AeroDynamics Vortex Generators
- Heads Up Alpha Angle of Attack System
- Extended Baggage
- Floatplane Reinforcement Kit
Engine
- 260HP
- GAMI Injectors installed
Avionics
- Bendix King KX-155 NAV/COM
- Bendix King KY-197 COM
- Bendix King KT-79 Transponder
- Garmin Aera 660 GPS
- FreeFlight ADS-B
- JPI EDM-800 Engine Analyzer
- PS Engineering PM3000 Intercom
- Aircraft priced to allow buyer to tailor avionics upgrades if desired.
Interior
- BAS Shoulder Harnesses
- Six-place intercom
- Four folding passenger seats
- Quickly reconfigurable for passenger or cargo operations
- Custom leather front and removable mid seats
Detailed Description
- Empty Weight
- 1,849 lbs
- Serial
- 185-0506
- Engine
- Continental IO-470F
- Total time
- 5,730 hours
- SMOH
- 249 hours
- Propeller
- McCauley D2A34C58
- Time Since Overhaul
- 249 hours
- Avionics
- Garmin 150XL GPS
- Audio Panel
- KMA-24
- Altitude Encoder
- Trans-Cal SSD120
- Interior
- Selkirk Aviation Interior Trim Panels
- Landing Gear & Tires
- Alaska Bushwheels 29" tundra tires
- Fuel System
- Eagle Fuel Cells installed 2021
- STOL / Bush Modifications
- Sportsman STOL Leading Edge
Exceptionally capable 1962 Cessna 185A "Light" Skywagon configured for backcountry and utility operations. Equipped with 24 STCs including Sportsman STOL, Alaska Bushwheels, vortex generators, P. Ponk structural upgrades, floatplane kit, and extended baggage.
Minor right wing damage during ground handling in the 1970s while in Pacific airline service. Properly repaired with decades of subsequent operation. Right elevator skin replaced and repainted in 2025 following minor hangar (bullet) incident.
Remarks
- Notable 337's
- • Extended baggage compartment from 185E
Detailed Description
- 1962 Cessna Skywagon 185A - 249 SMOH - Sportsman STOL - Bushwheels - Float Kit - $275,000
- Only 249 hours SMOH on the Continental engine and propeller.
- Originally operated in the Pacific by Ansett and Territory Airlines and later returned to the United States in 2001 for modernization. Aircraft also appeared in the 1972 film La Vallée.
- Well-documented history with complete logs since new.
- Aircraft Highlights
- 249 SMOH Engine
- Sportsman STOL Cuff
- Micro AeroDynamics Vortex Generators
- 29" Alaska Bushwheels
- Baby Bushwheel Tailwheel
- P. Ponk Landing Gear Reinforcement
- Floatplane Reinforcement Kit
- Extended Baggage Compartment
- Dual Middle Jump Seats
- Folding 6 Seating Configuration
- Alpha Systems Angle of Attack
- JPI Engine Monitoring System
- Airframe
- Paint completed 2020
- Annual August 2025
- GAMI Injectors installed
- Bendix King KX-155 NAV/COM
- Bendix King KY-197 COM
- Bendix King KT-79 Transponder
- Garmin Aera 660 GPS
- FreeFlight ADS-B
- JPI EDM-800 Engine Analyzer
- PS Engineering PM3000 Intercom
- Aircraft priced to allow buyer to tailor avionics upgrades if desired.
- BAS Shoulder Harnesses
- Six-place intercom
- Four folding passenger seats
- Quickly reconfigurable for passenger or cargo operations
- Custom leather front and removable mid seats
- ABI wheels and brakes
- Baby Bushwheel tailwheel
- P. Ponk landing gear reinforcement kit
- Float/Amphib kit
- Micro AeroDynamics Vortex Generators
- Heads Up Alpha Angle of Attack System
- Extended Baggage
- Floatplane Reinforcement Kit
- Reason for Sale
- Owner moving east
- No Brokers
Remarks
- 24 Supplemental Type Certificates and key 337's to be bush ready - The estimated cost of these including parts and labor is approximately $100k!
- SA2256WE
- Stene Aviation
- Sportsman STOL Cuff
- SA01015SE
- Alaska Bushwheels Inc
- 29" Bushwheels
- SA01636SE
- Alaska Bushwheels Inc
- Baby Bushwheel Tailwheel
- SA63GL
- Alaska Bushwheels Inc
- ABI Brakes
- SA01015SE
- Alaska Bushwheels Inc
- ABI Wheels and Tires
- SA933NW
- LakeVue Aeronautics
- Dual Middle LakeVue Jump Seats
- SA01646SE
- Micro AeroDynamics, Inc.
- MicroDynamics Vortex Generators
- SE09356SC
- Stratus Tool Technologies, LLC
- Tempest oil filter Spin on adapter C6LC
- SA2067NM
- BAS, Inc.
- Dual Retractable Shoulder Harness Seatbelts
- SE09217SC
Gami
- GAMI Injectors
- SA4170NM
- P. Ponk Aviation
- Outboard Landing Gear Brackets
- SA2918NM
- P. Ponk Aviation
- P Ponk Beef Up Kit
- SA10682SC
- Plane Power
- Alternator and Voltage Regulator
- SA472GL
- Great Lakes Aero Products
- Great Lakes Windshield
- SA3813NM
Bas
- Tail Pull Handle
- SA71GL
- Bracket Aero Filters
- Air Filter
- SA02426AK
- Free Flight Systems
- Free Flight ADSB
- SA63GL
- Parker Hannifin
- Cleveland Main Wheels and Brakes 199-62A
- SA361NW
- Kenmore Air Harbor
- Large Tires - 8.5x6+
- SA00760SE
- Selkirk Aviation
- Glare Shield
- SA00679SE
- Selkirk Aviation
- Interior Trim Pannels;
- SA00954SE
- J. P. Instruments
- JPI Temperature Indicating System
- SA2586NM
- J. P. Instruments
Jpi egt
- SA00432SE
- J. P. Instruments
- JPI Fuel Flow
- Instrument panel removal, reconfiguration and installation
- Avionics Installation
- Manifold pressure/fuel flow gauge
- Cessna ground power service plug kit 185-4
- Cessna assecory kit 180-1 floatplane/amphibious reinforcement kit
Aircraft record
N969WMRegistration
- Registration
- N969WM
- Registered as
- Cessna 185A
- Year
- 1962
- Serial number
- 1850506
- Engine
- Cont Motor Io-470-F · 260 hp
- Certificate
- Standard
- Airworthiness date
- 2021-07-16
- Registered since
- 2023-08-18
- Registration valid to
- 2030-08-31
- Status
- Valid
Accidents and incidents
None on record
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1962 Cessna 185A Skywagon
$160,000
1962 · 10,124 h
Dealer