Piper PA-18-125
N1386A is a Piper PA-18-125, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1951. It has 2 seats. It is registered to State Of Alaska, a government body in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 6, 2008 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated April 9, 1993.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-125 · all PA-18-125s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-1219
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1951
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A09C14 (octal 50116024)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 6, 2008
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Other · April 9, 1993
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00061540
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- State Of Alaska
- Type
- Government
- Address
- 4827 Aircraft Dr
Anchorage, AK 99502-1071 - Co-owners
- Dept Of Public Safety Alaska Wildlife Troopers / Aicrcaft Section
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N1386A, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to State Of Alaska, a government body, certificate issued November 6, 2008, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 9, 1993, 42 years after the 1951 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-1219 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1386A according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
4 NTSB records under N1386A: Accident on November 29, 2017 at Nikolai, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 23, 2003 at Tanana, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 14, 1999 at Anchorage, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 4
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA 18-125 · operated under PUBU
The pilot’s improper decision to contact an unsuitable landing surface, which resulted in a nose-over.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC18CA017 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing roll, which resulted in an overrun and nose down. Factors contributing to the accident were gusty winds, and restricted aileron control movement.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC03LA124 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during takeoff. A factor was a crosswind, and an inadvertent ground loop.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC99LA113 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
water contamination in the fuel, the second pilot's inadequate preflight/preparation to ensure all water was drained from the airplane fuel tanks, and inadequate supervision by the first pilot (CFI). A factor relating to the accident was: the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC97LA091 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data