Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL
N303T is a Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1953. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an owner whose details are withheld at their request. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 28, 2015 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated May 2, 2016.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-105 SPECIAL · all PA-18-105 SPECIALs and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-2417
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1953
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A32C20 (octal 50626040)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 28, 2015
- Expires
- December 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- July 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Other · May 2, 2016
- FAA region
- —
- FAA record id
- 00821113
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Withheld at the owner's request
- Type
- Individual
- Address
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 · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N303T, 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 an owner whose details are withheld, an individual, certificate issued December 28, 2015, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 2, 2016, 63 years after the 1953 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 18-2417 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N303T 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 N303T: Accident on April 15, 2024 at Big Lake, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 9, 2022 at Delta Junction, 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-18-105 SPECIAL · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from an obstacle during takeoff.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC24LA101 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL · operated under PUBU
The pilot’s decision to depart during high, gusty wind conditions which resulted sink and subsequent impact with terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN22LA417 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