Tuesday 14 May 2019

Cessna 180K ZK-EMK

The Cessna 180K was the last of the production models with c/n 18053047 being about the 156th from end of the line in 1981 - out of something like 6200 plus 180's all up.
This airframe was allocated N2733K by Cessna Aircraft Company at Wichita Kansas and had an airworthiness date of 01-03-1979. It was certified on 30-04-1979 to Prulease Inc of Boston Massachusetts. 
They re-registered it in late 1987 to N75C with it ending up with Consumer Power Co of Jackson Michigan in September of 1997.
Scott Olson took it over as N775CD from 16-12-1997 and retained it until it was cancelled from the US register on 10-04-2017 with close to 10,800 airframe hours.
Photo below thanks to Skywagons.com.
 It was noted at Pukaki Airfield (Twizel) in April of 2017 still wearing its US registration with is NZ ZK-EMK2 registration being issued on 28-04-2017 to Guy Norris with a Brunei address.

It was later seen by Peter Weber on 29-03-2018 still with is US registration visible undergoing its NZ certification.
 A close look at the photos shows the outline of the extended locker space door which starts at the left of the 'N' registration letter and links forward to the standard luggage door.
Above it was at the Dawn flyin at Waipukurau on 12-05-2019 thanks to Jordan Elvy.

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