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Piper PA-18A 150
N3573P is a Piper PA-18A 150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1955. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 22, 2012 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18A 150 · all PA-18A 150s 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
- 18-4527
- 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 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1955
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A4019D (octal 51000635)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 22, 2012
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00099068
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Stewart James B
- 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
- 13710 Arboretum St
Anchorage, AK 99516-7602
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 N3573P links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-18 Super Cub 3,620 registered
- Piper 44,838 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 series 27,303 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Anchorage, AK 2,527 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 9,143 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 554 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320 series 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320 series 349 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N3573P, 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 Stewart James B, an individual, certificate issued August 22, 2012, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-4527 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3573P 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 N3573P: Accident on March 19, 2011 at Beluga Lake, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 11, 2003 at Ketchikan, 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.
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18A 150 · operated under 091
The pilot's decision to land on unsuitable terrain, resulting in the airplane nosing over.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed after an aborted landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and a ground loop. A factor contributing to the accident was the loss of directional control on the ground.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data