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N2801K

Cessna 180K

Valid Alaska

N2801K is a Cessna 180K, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Homer, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 30, 2022 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 14, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
180K · all 180Ks and related versions
Serial number
18053072
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
114 mph
Transponder code
A2D080 (octal 50550200)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 30, 2022
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 21, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · May 14, 1979
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00050273

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Gerrity James L
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 518
Homer, AK 99603-0518

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

1953-12-17Luscombe 8E · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N2801K, 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 Gerrity James L, an individual, certificate issued March 30, 2022, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated May 14, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18053072 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N2801K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Luscombe 8E (serial 5528, cancelled December 17, 1953). 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 N2801K: Accident on April 3, 2009 at Bettles, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 23, 2002 at Idaho Falls, ID: 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

ANC09CA027Accident on April 3, 2009 at Bettles, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area.

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

SEA02LA105Accident on June 23, 2002 at Idaho Falls, ID: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during the landing roll. A crosswind was a factor.

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 October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data