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N2838K

Cessna 180

Valid Montana

N2838K is a Cessna 180, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bozeman, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 30, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 13, 1993.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
180
Serial number
18053088
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-470 SERIES · 230 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
121 mph
Transponder code
A2DC9A (octal 50556232)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 30, 2023
Expires
March 31, 2030
Last FAA action
March 30, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · August 13, 1993
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00165511

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ortman James W
Type
Individual
Address
318 N 22Nd Ave
Bozeman, MT 59718-3138

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

1989-03-23Luscombe 8A · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data