# N185SQ: 2001 M-Squared SPRINT 1000, registration cancelled 2017-07-14

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 14, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [M-Squared SPRINT 1000](https://openairdocs.org/model/m-squared-sprint-1000) (registry code 059025M)
- Engine: [Hirth 3701](https://openairdocs.org/engine/hirth-3701) (registry code 33702)
- Serial number: 0554
- Year built: 2001
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 2 cycle
- Airworthiness: Experimental, registered before 01/31/08
- Airworthiness date: January 14, 2008
- Certificate issued: September 8, 2009
- Last registry action: September 8, 2009
- Mode S code: A154DE
- Owner when cancelled: [Young Mark J](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/YOUNG%20MARK%20J)
- Location: [Dunedin, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Dunedin)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 28.0310° N, 82.7895° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 34698, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N185SQ
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=185SQ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N185SQ-2017-07-14

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the M-Squared SPRINT 1000: https://openairdocs.org/model/m-squared-sprint-1000.md

## NTSB investigations (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 ERA09LA502](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA502), Sep 5, 2009: M-Squared Sprint 1000 (N185SQ), Madeira Beach, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of torque to the gearbox engine-side coupling flange bolts, which resulted in separation of the gearbox and propeller from the engine and the subsequent severing of the airplane's tail…

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 20090905017329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090905017329A), Sep 5, 2009: Amtr SPRINT1000 (N185SQ), Maderia Beach, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) Flying over john's pass, Maderia Beach, Florida., at approximately 300 feet, and m-squared spirit 1000 ultra light aircraft (N185QS) lost power crashed…

## Other aircraft with N185SQ

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N185SQ): Cessna A185F, S/N 18503306, built 1977

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