Cessna 180
N4796B is a Cessna 180, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1955. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in New Gloucester, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 27, 2018 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated June 16, 1956.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 180 · all 180s and related versions
- Serial number
- 31694
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1955
- Cruising speed
- 121 mph
- Transponder code
- A5E5B5 (octal 51362665)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 27, 2018
- Expires
- November 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 23, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · June 16, 1956
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 00630125
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hough Kenneth R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 38 Meadow Ln
New Gloucester, ME 04260
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.
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The public federal record on N4796B, 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 Hough Kenneth R, an individual, certificate issued November 27, 2018, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated June 16, 1956, consistent with the 1955 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 31694 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4796B according to the deregistered file. [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]
3 NTSB records under N4796B: Accident on April 14, 2019 at Limington, ME: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 20, 1999 at Columbus, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 18, 1990 at Goodnews Bay, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 180 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during touchdown, which resulted in runway excursion onto snow.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA19CA214 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 180 · operated under 091
Fuel exhaustion because the pilot issued instructions that the fuel tanks not be filled to capacity. A factor was the unsuitable terrain on which to make a forced landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN99LA164 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206B · operated under 135
THE PILOT SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN. THE WET & SOFT TUNDRA WAS A FACTOR.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC90LA119 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data