# N5020E: Cessna 180A, registration cancelled 2019-03-04

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 4, 2019
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Cessna 180A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (registry code 2072604)
- Engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 5A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/5A6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 50320
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard
- Airworthiness date: July 19, 1958
- Certificate issued: October 21, 2015
- Last registry action: October 21, 2015
- Mode S code: A643BB
- Owner when cancelled: [Erhart Lew](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ERHART%20LEW)
- Location: [Anchorage, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Anchorage)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 61.1903° N, 149.9391° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 99517, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5020E
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5020E
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5020E-2019-03-04

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Cessna 180A: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC96LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA093), Jun 29, 1996: Cessna 180 (N5020E), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot of the Cessna 180, N5020E, disregard of an air traffic control clearance/instruction to hold short. A factor in the accident was the failure of both pilots to maintain an adequate visual…

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Incident 20171231023929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171231023929I), Dec 31, 2017: Cessna 180A (N5020E), Seward, AK, Destroyed. Aircraft was destroyed in unknown circumstances. ELT activated but airman notified coast guard that he was fine and required no assistance. Airman told FAA…
- [Accident 19960629015561A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960629015561A), Jun 29, 1996: Cessna 180A (N5020E), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Floatplane departed canal. No clearance. Struck N5244Z that departed lake toward canal.N5020E departed scene.

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