Cessna 180B
N5222E is a Cessna 180B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1959. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Kenai, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 11, 2012 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 18, 1959.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 180B · all 180Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 50522
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1959
- Cruising speed
- 121 mph
- Transponder code
- A692FF (octal 51511377)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 11, 2012
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · May 18, 1959
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00502385
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Smith Nathan C
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 47230 Autumn Rd
Kenai, AK 99611-5707
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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 N5222E, 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 Smith Nathan C, an individual, certificate issued April 11, 2012, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated May 18, 1959, consistent with the 1959 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 50522 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5222E 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]
2 NTSB records under N5222E: Accident on January 30, 2017 at Tyonek, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 22, 1990 at Iliamna, 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 180 · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper decision to land on a snow-covered airstrip with a tundra tire-equipped airplane, which resulted in a nose-over.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA17CA134 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 180 · operated under 091
THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE ROUGH TERRAIN, AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL AND RECENT EXPERIENCE IN THAT MODEL AIRPLANE.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC90LA041 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