Piper PA-18-125
N1888A is a Piper PA-18-125, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1952. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Alaska Tailwheel LLC, an LLC in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 21, 2023 and expires on August 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 5, 1998.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-125 · all PA-18-125s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-1718
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1952
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A161D5 (octal 50260725)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 21, 2023
- Expires
- August 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- August 26, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · March 5, 1998
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00612800
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Alaska Tailwheel LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 750160
Fairbanks, AK 99775-0160
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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 N1888A, 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 Alaska Tailwheel LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 21, 2023, expires August 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 5, 1998, 46 years after the 1952 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 18-1718 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1888A 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]
2 NTSB records under N1888A: Accident on May 31, 2026 at South Van Horn, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 13, 2002 at Fairbanks, 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-125 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in the right wing striking the ground.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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