Cessna 180J
N393B is a Cessna 180J, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1973. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wasilla, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 18, 2015 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 6, 2009.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 180J · all 180Js and related versions
- Serial number
- 18052299
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO-470-R · 250 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1973
- Cruising speed
- 120 mph
- Transponder code
- A48E07 (octal 51107007)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 18, 2015
- Expires
- November 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 23, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · May 6, 2009
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00673635
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Thickstun Benjamin Tyler
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 6527 E Robinson Cir
Wasilla, AK 99654-9373
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
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N393B, 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 Thickstun Benjamin Tyler, an individual, certificate issued November 18, 2015, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 6, 2009, 36 years after the 1973 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18052299 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N393B was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech 95 (serial TD5, cancelled February 7, 1992). 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]
2 NTSB records under N393B: Incident on December 20, 2014 at Nome, AK: no injuries, minor damage. Accident on September 11, 1991 at Killdeer, ND: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 180J · operated under 091
The disengagement and subsequent binding of the right tailwheel steering cable, which disabled the rudder system.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC15IA006 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 95 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S DISREGARDING THE WEATHER FORECAST; HIS IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISION TO CONTINUE A VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE CLEARANCE FROM TERRAIN. THE MOUNTAINOUS HILLY TERRAIN AND LOW CEILING WERE FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI91FA291 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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