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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 9, 2026Dennis D Downs CCK-1865
N3151 is a Dennis D Downs CCK-1865, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2015. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Sterling, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 22, 2018 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 3, 2015.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Dennis D Downs
- Model
- CCK-1865
- Serial number
- CCK-1865-0106
- 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
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Eci CC340 · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2015
- Kit
- CUB CRAFTERS INC CCK-1865
- Transponder code
- A35BDF (octal 50655737)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 22, 2018
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 3, 2015
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01178137
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Downs Dennis D
- 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
- 38334 Lakewood Rd
Sterling, AK 99672-9692
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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
Connections how N3151 links to the rest of the register
- Dennis D Downs 1 aircraft on the register
- ECi CC340 10 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Sterling, AK 98 aircraft registered in this town
- Scout Lake - Muskrat Cove Seaplane Base · AN0
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N3151.json.
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The public federal record on N3151, 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.
Valid registration to Downs Dennis D, an individual, certificate issued August 22, 2018, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 3, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CCK-1865-0106 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3151 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Midget Mustang VJ-129 (serial VJ1, cancelled June 8, 1993). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N3151: Accident on May 12, 2023 at Sterling, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dennis D Downs CCK-1865 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data