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A Cessna 180 Skywagon, the same model family as N21Y
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026
N21Y

Cessna 180

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N21Y is a Cessna 180, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1954. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Cp Aviation INC, a corporation in Santa Paula, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 1, 1992 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated January 6, 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
30837
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
1954
Cruising speed
121 mph
Transponder code
A1B94F (octal 50334517)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
June 1, 1992
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 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 · January 6, 1956
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00891282

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Cp Aviation INC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
830 e Santa Maria St 301
Santa Paula, CA 93060
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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

1936-04-03Flying Flea HM162 · Valid registration

Connections how N21Y links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N21Y, 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 Cp Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 1, 1992, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate, dated January 6, 1956, consistent with the 1954 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 30837 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N21Y was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Flying Flea HM162 (serial HM14, cancelled April 3, 1936). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N21Y: Accident on June 4, 1990 at Colusa, CA: minor 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

LAX90LA207Accident on June 4, 1990 at Colusa, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage.

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

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TOUCHDOWN.

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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