Piper PA-18
N2515A is a Piper PA-18, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1952. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Palmer, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 28, 2021 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 2, 1976.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18 · all PA-18s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-1972
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-290 SERIES · 140 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1952
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A25E3D (octal 50457075)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 28, 2021
- Expires
- December 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- July 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 2, 1976
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00752892
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Claus Jay G
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
- Address
- 1150 S Colony Way Ste 3 Pmb 403
Palmer, AK 99645-6972
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
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 N2515A, 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 Claus Jay G, an individual, certificate issued December 28, 2021, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 2, 1976, 24 years after the 1952 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 18-1972 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2515A 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]
2 NTSB records under N2515A: Accident on September 12, 1991 at Anaktuvuk Pass, AK: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 21, 1990 at Talkeetna, AK: 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
THAT THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY STALL/SPUN THE AIRPLANE TO THE GROUND. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY REMOVE THE ICE/FROST FROM THE WINGS BEFORE STARTING THE TAKEOFF.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
COLLAPSE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DUE TO AN OVERLOAD FAILURE INDUCED BY PREVIOUS DAMAGE WHICH OCCURRED DURING AN IMPROPER LEVEL-OFF BY THE PILOT.
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 September 30, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data