{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1979-05-01","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2021-06-26","city":"PONTIAC","country_code":"US","county_code":"105","cruise_speed_mph":114,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)","doc_type_code":"BOS","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-18"},{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Loan release","doc_type_code":"REL","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-24"}],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17026","engine_horsepower":230,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"O-470 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-19","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072624","mode_s_code":"50543505","mode_s_hex":"A2C745","model":"180K","n_number":"N2785K","name":"PONTIAC FLYING LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Beloit","damage":"SUBS","date":"2026-03-27","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN26LA150","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain directional control during the landing with a quartering headwind. Contributing to the accident was the pilot\u2019s runway selection based on the variable and gusting wind conditions.","registration":"N2785K","state":"KS","summary":"Accident on March 27, 2026 at Beloit, KS: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Cahokia","damage":"SUBS","date":"2010-06-26","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN10CA358","probable_cause":"The fatigue failure of the axle's attaching bolts during landing.","registration":"N2785K","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on June 26, 2010 at Cahokia, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"ANCHORAGE","damage":"SUBS","date":"2000-05-10","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC00LA057","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadvertent ground loop/swerve during landing.","registration":"N2785K","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on May 10, 2000 at Anchorage, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N2785K is a Cessna 180K, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Pontiac Flying LLC, an LLC in Pontiac, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 26, 2021 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 1, 1979. 2 documents are on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership), loan release.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Pontiac Flying LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 26, 2021, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated May 1, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18053067 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N2785K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Luscombe 8E (serial 5512, cancelled March 29, 1948). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"2 documents received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 18, 2026), Loan release (September 24, 2026).","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"3 NTSB records under N2785K: Accident on March 27, 2026 at Beloit, KS: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 26, 2010 at Cahokia, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 10, 2000 at Anchorage, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"18053067","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"15801 E 2000 NORTH RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00520213","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N2785K","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1979,"zip":"617642956"}