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A Cub Crafters CC18, the same model family as N18ND
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N18ND

Cub Crafters CC18-180

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNorth Dakota

N18ND is a Cub Crafters CC18-180, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2005. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Und Aerospace Foundation, a corporation in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 23, 2006 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 23, 2005.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cub Crafters
Model
CC18-180 · all CC18-180s and related versions
Built of
steel tube and fabric
The fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Cub Crafters CC18 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
CC18-0004
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 · Lycoming O-360 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2005
Transponder code
A13F83 (octal 50237603)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
June 23, 2006
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 23, 2005
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00169609

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Und Aerospace Foundation (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
4275 University Ave Stop 9023
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9023
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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N18ND links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N18ND.json.

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The public federal record on N18ND, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Und Aerospace Foundation, a corporation, certificate issued June 23, 2006, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated August 23, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CC18-0004 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N18ND according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N18ND: Accident on September 19, 2008 at Crookston, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

CHI08CA289Accident on September 19, 2008 at Crookston, MN: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cub Crafters CC18-180 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data