Basically, this invention provides for an inbred corn line designated NPFA5849, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line NPFA5849, with plants of another corn plant. The invention relates to the various parts of inbred NPFA5849, including culturable cells. This invention also relates to methods for introducing transgenic transgenes into inbred corn line NPFA5849, and plants produced by said methods.