Piper PA-18A
N2791P is a Piper PA-18A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1955. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Mccarthy Air LLC, an LLC in Palmer, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 2, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated March 26, 1962.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18A · all PA-18As and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-4426
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1955
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A2CA74 (octal 50545164)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 2, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · March 26, 1962
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00530203
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mccarthy Air LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 1888
Palmer, AK 99645-1888
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N2791P, 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 Mccarthy Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 2, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 26, 1962, 7 years after the 1955 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 18-4426 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2791P 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]
3 NTSB records under N2791P: Accident on April 7, 2020 at Chickaloon, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 14, 2016 at Palmer, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 21, 2015 at Girdwood, 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA 18A · operated under 091
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which necessitated a go-around, and her subsequent failure to maintain clearance from rising mountainous terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC20CA041 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA18 · operated under 091
The airplane's encounter with a depression while the pilot applied excessive braking during the landing roll on a grass airstrip, which resulted in a nose-over.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA17CA027 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA 18A · operated under 091
Fuel contamination resulting in the loss of engine power, a forced landing on a highway, and subsequent right wing impact with highway signage.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA16CA102 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
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