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N5281D

Cessna 180A

Valid Idaho

N5281D is a Cessna 180A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1958. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Rocky Pointe Logistics LLC, an LLC in Hayden, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 18, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated January 18, 1958.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
180A · all 180As and related versions
Serial number
50179
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1958
Cruising speed
121 mph
Transponder code
A6A925 (octal 51524445)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 18, 2024
Expires
April 30, 2031
Last FAA action
April 18, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · January 18, 1958
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00502565

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rocky Pointe Logistics LLC
Type
LLC
Address
PO Box 1478
Hayden, ID 83835-1478

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N5281D, 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 Rocky Pointe Logistics LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 18, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate, dated January 18, 1958, consistent with the 1958 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 50179 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N5281D according to the deregistered file. [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 N5281D: Accident on April 4, 2024 at Nordman, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 13, 2014 at Nampa, 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

WPR24LA122Accident on April 4, 2024 at Nordman, ID: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

Maintenance personnel's improper installation of the left main landing gear wheel assembly, which resulted in a loss of torque and subsequent separation of the wheel and axle assembly from the main landing gear leg during landing.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR24LA122 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

WPR14LA205Accident on May 13, 2014 at Nampa, ID: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR14LA205 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 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