Piper PA-18-150
N13973 is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1972. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Rs Specialties LLC, an LLC in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 7, 2016 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 21, 1972.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-150 · all PA-18-150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-8985
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1972
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A0A009 (octal 50120011)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 7, 2016
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · March 21, 1972
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00381630
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rs Specialties LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 10000 Cobra St
Anchorage, AK 99507-6435
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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 N13973, 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 Rs Specialties LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 7, 2016, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated March 21, 1972, consistent with the 1972 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-8985 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N13973 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]
1 NTSB record under N13973: Accident on September 4, 2011 at Mcgrath, AK: serious 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under 091
The pilot inadvertently switched off the engine magnetos during short final approach, which resulted in a loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the manufacturer's placement of the magneto switches in the cabin.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC11FA093 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data