N1379A is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Piper PA-18 built in 1951. The FAA cancelled the registration on July 30, 2012. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
N1379A is reserved by Alaska Airlines INC. since May 7, 2026. Reservation type: Fee paid. An expiration notice was issued on March 7, 2027.
Piper PA-18 cancelled July 30, 2012
- Serial number
- 18-1210
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1951
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- July 16, 1985
- Last FAA action
- July 20, 1991
- Last owner
- Stehlow Leonard F (Co-owned)
Sterling, AK - Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control
NTSB accident and incident record under N1379A
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · serial 18-1210
The pilot's continued VFR over-the-top operation, becoming lost/disoriented, his inadequate in-flight planning/decision making, and subsequent fuel exhaustion. Factors in the accident were the presence of a cloud layer below the pilot's selected altitude, the pilot's spatial disorientation, the pilot's lack of night flying experience, dark night conditions, and the lack of instrument panel illumination.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site