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N45WB

1960 Cessna 180C

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 50748

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Apr 30, 2029.

Registered owner

DFW Aero Mechanix Inc

Owner type: Corporation
Address: 721 Oak View Dr, Oak Point, TX 75068

Aircraft

Make and model: Cessna 180C
Year built: 1960
Serial number: 50748
Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Land
Engines: 1 × Piston · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
Seats: 4
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Apr 9, 1960)
Mode S code: A571B9 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Apr 1, 2019 · last FAA action Jul 28, 2023

Past registrations of N45WB

N-numbers are reused. Each line is an earlier registration, ending on the date the FAA canceled it.

Jul 9, 2013 1946 Luscombe 8E · serial 4457 Bokodi William F · Griffith, IN

What a Cessna 180/185 looks likePhoto of a Cessna 180/185, not this aircraft: Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Where is it now?

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