Cessna 180B
N59KM 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 Fort Worth, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 14, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated April 16, 1959.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 180B · all 180Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 50503
- 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
- A79BFB (octal 51715773)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 14, 2024
- Expires
- January 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- January 14, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · April 16, 1959
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00702305
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Matthews Casey D
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 4828 Grainger Trl
Fort Worth, TX 76137-5626
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 · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N59KM, 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 Matthews Casey D, an individual, certificate issued January 14, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated April 16, 1959, consistent with the 1959 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 50503 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N59KM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 180B (serial 50590, cancelled February 13, 1990). 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 N59KM: Accident on July 12, 1990 at Akron, CO: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 31, 1989 at Nocona, TX: 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 180B · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO CORRECT A SWERVE DURING LANDING ROLL. A FACTOR WAS WIND GUSTS.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN90LA160 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 180B · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S DISREGARD OF THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE DATA/OPERATIONAL LIMITATIONS BY LANDING IN EXCESS OF THE CROSSWIND CAPABILITY OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE RESULTANT LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE LANDING ROLL.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW89LA046 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