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Cessna 185 for Sale

The Skywagon, the ultimate Cessna taildragger. A powerful six-seat backcountry and float hauler, among the most sought-after used Cessnas. Below are the Cessna 185s listed on Clyde's Hangar right now, here's what to weigh before you buy one.

Seats: 6Engine: Continental IO-470/IO-520 (260–300 hp)Gear: Taildragger
What to check before you buy
  • Engine time & compression, hours since overhaul drive both price and your next big bill.
  • Logs & damage history, complete logs and no damage protect resale.
  • Corrosion & AD compliance, especially on older airframes; get a pre-buy from a type-savvy mechanic.
  • Avionics & ADS-B, confirm it's equipped; upgrades are costly to add later.
3 aircraft found · C-185
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N8536T
1970 Cessna 185
📷 15
1970 Cessna 185
$265,000
TT: 6,009 hrs
SMOH: 170 hrs
Avionics: Partial Glass + digital autopilot
Engine: Low-Time
📍 Minden, NV
1970 Cessna A185E Skywagon — N8536T. Serial 18501784. A dry-climate Skywagon with a LOW-time engine — only 170 hours since major overhaul on a Continental IO-550-D by Lycon Engine Building (2021), Hartzell 3-blade prop at 434 SOH. Flint Aero tip tanks (+12 gal/side), P.Ponk beefed-up main gear castings, Oil-A-Matic pre-oiler, flap gap seals, and factory camera-port kit. Dual Garmin G5 EFIS (glass PFD/HSI), Garmin GTN-650 WAAS GPS/Com, GFC-500 digital autopilot with yaw damper, and GDL-88 ADS-B. Sold new to the Mexican federal government for a camera-surveillance fleet, exported to the US in 1981; current owner since 1981, always hangared in Minden, NV. Two-tone beige leather interior (1990, rated 7+); paint from 2012 (rated 8). Older repaired stabilizer dent and cosmetic hail dings, no structural damage; first 2,000 hours of logs are missing. Useful load 1,550 lbs. Based at Minden-Tahoe (KMEV), NV — not Tulsa. Offered by Dan Howard Aircraft Sales — (918) 520-6485.
N115AW
1976 Cessna 185
📷 20
1976 Cessna 185
$220,000
NEW THIS WEEK
TT: 3,940 hrs
SMOH: 950 hrs
Avionics: Steam Gauges + IFR GPS (ADS-B not stated)
Useful Load: 1340 Lbs
📍 Placerville, California
Complete logs. Private ownership Alaska History. Not commercial. No recorded damage history. No hail. No corrosion.
N103AM
1975 Cessna A185F
📷 12
1975 Cessna A185F
$249,000
TT: 7,653 hrs
SMOH: 431 hrs
Avionics: Partial Glass
Engine: Low-Time
📍 Washington
1975 Cessna A185F Skywagon — a proven, well-documented backcountry hauler currently operating on a Part 135 certificate. 7,653 hours total airframe time on a genuinely low-time drivetrain: the Continental IO-520-D was overhauled by Alaskan Aircraft Engines (Anchorage, October 2022) and the Hartzell three-blade prop by A.C. Propeller Service (Seattle, January 2023), both now at just 431 hours since overhaul. Set up for serious backcountry and float work with a Horton STOL kit, Wing "X" STOL extensions, long-range fuel tanks, Alaska Bush Wheels on 8.50x10 Michelin Condor tires (April 2026), and PK 3500C straight floats available. Also equipped with an observation window and sky lights, a Wheelen anti-collision beacon, ski brackets, step and BAS tail handles, and a leather interior with Atlee Dodge second-row seats plus a third-row bench. Panel includes a Garmin GNC 250XL nav/com/GPS, King KX 155 nav/com, uAvionix AV-30C, uAvionix skyBeacon ADS-B Out, King KT 76A transponder, Garmin GMA 340 audio panel, and a 406 MHz ACK E-04 ELT. Slick magnetos, Skytec starter (2022), and an Aerotech PCU-5000 governor. Stripped and painted in 2014. Max gross 3,525 lbs. Purchase assistance and delivery available.