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1980 CESSNA A185F FOR SALE

Name: 1980 CESSNA A185F FOR SALE
Brand: Cessna
Price: 285000 USD
Availability: InStock

1980 Cessna 185

Santa Paula, CA Listed today

About this aircraft

$285,000 · NEW TO MARKET · Low Time, clean, 1980 Cessna A185F Skywagon for sale - 2620 TTAF. Same owner since 1984. Factory Float Kit - never on floats. Original paint and 6-place interior. Continental IO-520D, 1392 SMOH, McCauley 401 86” 3-Blade Prop, 270 SPOH, 8.50 X 10 Mains, XPMODS 14" Tailwheel, 88 Gal. Fuel, 1373.8 useful load with the factory belly pod. Garmin GNS430 GPS, King KY196 comm, Garmin GTX335 transponder w/ADS-B out. King KMA26 audio panel/Intercom. JPI 700 6-Probe EGT. August 2025 Annual, Full Logbooks.

Specifications

Year: 1980

How this stacks up

1 to ask about

Listed today
Fresh to market — early in the listing cycle
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.

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

$2,071/mo$24,850/yr

≈ $249 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$285,000 to buy (the asking price)

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $9,850 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$285,000	$2,071/mo	$24,850/yr
1/2 share	$142,500	$1,535/mo	$18,425/yr
1/3 share	$95,000	$1,357/mo	$16,283/yr
1/4 share	$71,250	$1,268/mo	$15,213/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

$285,000

Co-ownership available

6 co-ownership shares listed for Cessna aircraft on ClubHanger.

From $14,000 buy-in — split the fixed costs with a partner instead of owning outright.

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Listing trust

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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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