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N2873Z

Piper PA-18A 150

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesFlorida

N2873Z is a Piper PA-18A 150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1959. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Naples, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 22, 1995 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated June 12, 1959.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-18A 150 · all PA-18A 150s and related versions
Serial number
18-7036
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 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1959
Cruising speed
97 mph
Transponder code
A2EAD5 (octal 50565325)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
Certificate issued
June 22, 1995
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 12, 1959
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00700523

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Leroy Thomas A
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
Address
3965 Skyway Dr
Naples, FL 34112-2902

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.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N2873Z, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Leroy Thomas A, an individual, certificate issued June 22, 1995, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated June 12, 1959, consistent with the 1959 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-7036 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N2873Z according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N2873Z: Accident on March 16, 2000 at Three Forks, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

SEA00LA053Accident on March 16, 2000 at Three Forks, MT: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 18-70-36

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the tailwheel equipped airplane.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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