# N85DK: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: May 16, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=85DK
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85DK

## Aircraft that carried N85DK

- [Cancelled 2013-05-16](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85DK-2013-05-16): Cessna 182P, S/N 18262934, built 1974. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Muchmore Farms](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MUCHMORE%20FARMS), [Gamaliel, AR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AR/Gamaliel)

## NTSB investigations on N85DK (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX95FA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95FA173), Apr 18, 1995: Cessna 182P (N85DK), Jerome, AZ, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's improper in-flight decision to continue the daytime flight into known adverse weather conditions at an inadequate altitude to clear mountainous terrain.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N85DK (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19950418013039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950418013039A), Apr 18, 1995: Cessna 182P (N85DK), Jerome, AZ, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Flew into cloud obscured rising terrain en route VFR. No flight plan.14 miles sw of accident sight was VFR.

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