.jpg)
Piper PA-18-135
N27293 is a Piper PA-18-135, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1954. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 11, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated July 1, 2009.
Where is it now checking the live feed…
Checking the volunteer receiver network for a recent position…
Aircraft broadcast their own position; volunteer receivers pool what they hear. Owners who have asked the FAA not to be displayed are not shown.
Flight history: where it flew in the last seven days · follow it on the live map
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-135 · all PA-18-135s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Piper PA-18 Super Cub family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 18-3367
- 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 · Lycoming O-320-A2B · 150 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1954
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A2B199 (octal 50530631)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 11, 2026
- Expires
- October 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- October 11, 2026
- Airworthiness
- MultipleFAA airworthiness class code 6 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Standard; Restricted; OtherFAA certificate purpose code 130 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 1, 2009
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00620033
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Williams Steven C
- 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
- 12500 Summer Dr
Anchorage, AK 99516-2666
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.
Connections how N27293 links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-18 Super Cub 3,620 registered
- Piper 44,847 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-320-A2B 180 aircraft with this engine series · 150 hp
- Anchorage, AK 2,530 aircraft registered in this town
- Lake Hood Airport · LHD
- Merrill Field · MRI
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International · ANC
- Bold Airport · A13
- 2 more landing places in town
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-18 Super Cub 25 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-18 Super Cub 136 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-18 Super Cub 482 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320-A2B 23 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320-A2B 71 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N27293.json.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N27293, 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 Williams Steven C, an individual, certificate issued October 11, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 1, 2009, 55 years after the 1954 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 18-3367 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N27293 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 N27293: Accident on July 11, 2025 at Palmer, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 19, 2014 at Beluga, 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-18-135 · operated under 091
The pilot’s excessive braking during the landing roll, resulting in a nose over. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to continue the landing after determining the landing area was unsuitable.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA 18-135 · operated under 091
The pilot's loss of control when encountering a downdraft during the initial climb after takeoff, resulting in a collision with brush and terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data