Piper PA-18-150
N2406J is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Durham, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 18, 2017 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated April 25, 1979.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-150 · all PA-18-150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-7909119
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1979
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A23332 (octal 50431462)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 18, 2017
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · April 25, 1979
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00552512
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Porter Wade R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 766
Durham, CA 95938-0766
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N2406J, 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 Porter Wade R, an individual, certificate issued October 18, 2017, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated April 25, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-7909119 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2406J was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150G (serial 15065506, cancelled September 22, 1970). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N2406J: Accident on August 17, 1992 at Incline Village, NV: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on June 30, 1986 at Ukiah, CA: 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-18-150 · operated under 091
WAS THE PILOT'S IN FLIGHT LOSS OF AIRPLANE CONTROL DUE TO PHYSICAL INCAPACITATION.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under 091
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 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