Cessna 180
N9161C is a Cessna 180, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1954. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Auburn, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 14, 2002 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 23, 1968.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 180 · all 180s and related versions
- Serial number
- 31260
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1954
- Cruising speed
- 121 mph
- Transponder code
- ACAF73 (octal 53127563)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 14, 2002
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · July 23, 1968
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00830951
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Latta Michael D
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 37329 208Th Ave SE
Auburn, WA 98092-9005
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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 N9161C, 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 Latta Michael D, an individual, certificate issued June 14, 2002, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 23, 1968, 14 years after the 1954 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 31260 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9161C 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 N9161C: Accident on May 1, 1988 at Rolla, MO: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 28, 1987 at Bull Shoals, AR: minor 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
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 180 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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