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N2590K

Cessna 180K

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMaine

N2590K is a Cessna 180K, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Hilltop Aviation Group LLC, an LLC in Jay, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 8, 2016 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 22, 1978.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
180K · all 180Ks 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
18053006
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
1978
Cruising speed
114 mph
Transponder code
A27B4F (octal 50475517)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 8, 2016
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 22, 1978
FAA region
New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00893152

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hilltop Aviation Group LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
PO Box 89
Jay, ME 04239-0089

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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

1965-05-18Luscombe 8A · Valid registration

Connections how N2590K links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Jay, ME 6 aircraft registered in this town
  • Maine 1,425 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N2590K, 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 Hilltop Aviation Group LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 8, 2016, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated November 22, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18053006 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N2590K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Luscombe 8A (serial 5317, cancelled May 18, 1965). 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

2 NTSB records under N2590K: Accident on October 12, 2014 at Boca Raton, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 8, 1983 at Cheyenne, WY: 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 2

ERA15LA014Accident on October 12, 2014 at Boca Raton, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage.

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

Maintenance personnel’s failure to apply proper torque to the cylinder flange nuts and through bolts, which resulted in shifting of the Nos. 1 and 2 main bearings, loss of lubrication, failure of the crankshaft, and a subsequent total loss of engine power.

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

DEN83LA186Accident on August 8, 1983 at Cheyenne, WY: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

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 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data