Cessna 180D
N6479X is a Cessna 180D, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1961. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC, an LLC in Palmer, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 15, 2016 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated January 13, 1961.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 180D · all 180Ds and related versions
- Serial number
- 18050979
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1961
- Cruising speed
- 121 mph
- Transponder code
- A882E5 (octal 52101345)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 15, 2016
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · January 13, 1961
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00792426
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 13500 E Jensen Ave
Palmer, AK 99645-9430
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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 N6479X, 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 Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 15, 2016, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated January 13, 1961, consistent with the 1961 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18050979 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N6479X 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]
1 NTSB record under N6479X: Accident on May 3, 2016 at Naknek, 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 180 · operated under 091
The overstress fracture and subsequent separation of the left main landing gear axle due to a hard landing, which resulted in the pilot’s inability to maintain directional control of the airplane.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC16LA024 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