Anderson Merle M.A. 18
N218MA is an Anderson Merle M.A. 18, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Georgetown, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 16, 2014 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 5, 1986.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Anderson Merle
- Model
- M.A. 18
- Serial number
- 2
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A1D84E (octal 50354116)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 16, 2014
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · June 5, 1986
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00410097
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hospodar Robert P
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 297 Whitehill Rd
Georgetown, PA 15043-9663
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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 N218MA, 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 Hospodar Robert P, an individual, certificate issued January 16, 2014, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N218MA 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 N218MA: Accident on May 17, 2000 at Pittsburgh, PA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Anderson Aircraft Corp. MA-18 · operated under 091
The pilot's improper fuel management which resulted in the loss of power, and his improper flare during the forced landing, which resulted in a hard landing. Factors included a restricted fuel supply due to a design flaw in the header tank/fuel valve/supply line combination, and the pilot's lack of experience in airplane make and model.
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- 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