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CESSNA 185 ON WIPLINE 3000A'S

Name: CESSNA 185 ON WIPLINE 3000A'S
Brand: Float Plane
Price: 359000 USD
Availability: InStock

1975 Float Plane

Alpena, MI Listed 1 month ago

About this aircraft

$359,000 · FOR SALE • MAKE OFFER · 1975 Cessna 185 on Wipline 3000A amphibious floats. 3000 hrs total time, 1060 since factory new engine. 144 on PPonk STC McCauley propeller. Wing-X wingtip extensions (gross weight increase) and vortex generators. flap gap seals. wingtip (pulse) recognition lights. JPI 830 engine analyzer. Surefly ignition. Apollo GPS/Radios ADSB out. Stec 30 autopilot. New 406 Mhz ELT. Remote oil filter. Gami injectors. Excellent paint and interior. Land landing gear. Fishing pole tube. no known damage, no corrosion. May annual. Can provide checkout. Will deliver anywhere (almost) for expenses. Call or text

Specifications

Year: 1975

How this stacks up

1 in this listing's favor1 to ask about

Listed 1 month ago
On the market for a month or more — worth asking about negotiating room
Price reduced $10,000
Down 3% from the original $369,000 — a seller motivation signal
1/5 key specs
Key information is missing — ask the seller about hours, engine time, and registration

This summary draws on signals shown in detail below — price comps, listing age, maintenance and engine status, and key specs. Read each section for full context. Not an appraisal.

Price history

Price reduced· Oct 10, 2026$359,000−$10,000 (-3%)
Listed · Aug 30, 2026$369,000

Cost to own

Rule-of-thumb estimates — insurance ≈ 1% of price, hangar $7,500/yr, annual inspection $2,500/yr, fuel + oil at your selected hrs/yr. Your actual costs will vary.

As a sole owner

$2,133/mo$25,590/yr

≈ $256 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$359,000 to buy (the asking price)

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $10,590 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$359,000	$2,133/mo	$25,590/yr
1/2 share	$179,500	$1,566/mo	$18,795/yr
1/3 share	$119,667	$1,378/mo	$16,530/yr
1/4 share	$89,750	$1,283/mo	$15,398/yr

Buy-in is the asking price split evenly across partners — what you'd each pay to acquire the aircraft (the real figure is negotiated). Fixed costs (insurance, hangar, inspection) split equally by number of partners; fuel/oil is per-pilot since each partner flies their own hours.

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Price

$359,000

$369,000

Listing trust

1/4

Complete detailsYear, registration, make/model, and a full description.
Maintenance disclosedAirframe (TTAF) and engine (SMOH) times are listed.
Transparent priceA real asking price, not "contact for price".
Posted by a memberListed by a signed-up ClubHanger member, not a scraped aggregator.

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