Piper PA-12
N2577M is a Piper PA-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wasilla, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 19, 2013 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated June 10, 1958.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-12 · all PA-12s and related versions
- Serial number
- 12-1051
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1946
- Cruising speed
- 82 mph
- Transponder code
- A274D8 (octal 50472330)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 19, 2013
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · June 10, 1958
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00123122
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bales Colton E
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 875094
Wasilla, AK 99687-5094
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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 N2577M, 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 Bales Colton E, an individual, certificate issued November 19, 2013, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 10, 1958, 12 years after the 1946 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 12-1051 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2577M 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 N2577M: Accident on September 14, 1992 at Upper Yantarni, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 20, 1984 at Jackson, WY: 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-12-150 · operated under 091
PILOT IN COMMAND INADVERTANT ENCOUNTER WITH AERODYNAMIC STALL DURING LOW LEVEL APPROACH TURN. FACTOR AFFECTING THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE PILOT'S APPROACH PROCEDURE/TECHNIQUE TO FLY VFR APPROACH PATTERN AT 50 FEET AGL.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC92LA172 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-12 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN84LA132 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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