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A Cessna 180 Skywagon, the same model family as N180ZR
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026
N180ZR

Cessna 180

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N180ZR is a Cessna 180, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1955. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Los Altos, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 22, 2014 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 2, 1956.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
180 · all 180s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna 180 Skywagon family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
31662
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
1955
Cruising speed
121 mph
Transponder code
A142FB (octal 50241373)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 22, 2014
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · May 2, 1956
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00372550

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lundell Don C
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
899 Sherwood Ave
Los Altos, CA 94022-1325

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N180ZR links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Los Altos, CA 49 aircraft registered in this town
  • California 27,897 aircraft registered
Airworthiness
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N180ZR.json.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N180ZR, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Lundell Don C, an individual, certificate issued October 22, 2014, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate, dated May 2, 1956, consistent with the 1955 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 31662 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N180ZR according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N180ZR: Accident on March 26, 2025 at San Carlos, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

WPR25LA119Accident on March 26, 2025 at San Carlos, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 180 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll with crosswind conditions.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data