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Ryan Aeronautical ST-A SPECIAL
N18904 is a Ryan Aeronautical ST-A SPECIAL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1938. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Blue Springs, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 3, 2007 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated September 20, 1960.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Ryan Aeronautical
- Model
- ST-A SPECIAL · all ST-A SPECIALs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The Ryan ST: an aluminium fuselage with fabric-covered wings. This is how the Ryan Aeronautical ST-A SPECIAL family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 188
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Menasco PIRATE C4 D4 · 125 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1938
- Cruising speed
- 92 mph
- Transponder code
- A16490 (octal 50262220)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 3, 2007
- Expires
- February 28, 2029
- Last FAA action
- March 20, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · September 20, 1960
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00732800
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Miller James L
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1001 SW 7 Highway Unit 225
Blue Springs, MO 64014
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N18904 links to the rest of the register
- Ryan Aeronautical ST-A SPECIAL 9 registered
- Ryan Aeronautical 168 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Menasco PIRATE C4 D4 28 aircraft with this engine series · 125 hp
- Blue Springs, MO 17 aircraft registered in this town
- Missouri 5,821 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Ryan Aeronautical ST-A SPECIAL 3 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N18904, 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 Miller James L, an individual, certificate issued December 3, 2007, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 20, 1960, 22 years after the 1938 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 188 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N18904 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 N18904: Accident on May 9, 1999 at Leesburg, FL: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ryan ST-A · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from the fence.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data