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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026
N18PF

Fisher Paul A RV-7A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOhio

N18PF is a Fisher Paul A RV-7A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Dayton, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 21, 2009 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 23, 2009.

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Aircraft

Maker
Fisher Paul A
Model
RV-7A
Serial number
3
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 · Mattituck TMX 360 · 180 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
2009
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV7A
Transponder code
A13F9E (octal 50237636)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 21, 2009
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
May 7, 2025
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 23, 2009
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01029006

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Fisher Paul A
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
9240 Bennington Way
Dayton, OH 45458-5024

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

2003-03-06Cessna 172L · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N18PF links to the rest of the register

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Place
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The public federal record on N18PF, 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 Fisher Paul A, an individual, certificate issued April 21, 2009, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 23, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N18PF was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172L (serial 17260457, cancelled March 6, 2003). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N18PF: Accident on June 4, 2001 at Picayune, MS: minor 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

ATL01LA062Accident on June 4, 2001 at Picayune, MS: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 17260457

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172L · operated under 091

The pilot's inflight fuel planning /decision that resulted in fuel starvation and a loss of engine power. A factor was the failure of the fuel transfer pump.

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 November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data