Piper PA-18A 150
N3877P 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 co-owned owners in Seward, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 30, 2022 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated December 6, 1995.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18A 150 · all PA-18A 150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-4703
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1955
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A478A6 (octal 51074246)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 30, 2022
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Other · December 6, 1995
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00800474
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Branson Derrick
- Type
- Co-owned
- Address
- PO Box 3404
Seward, AK 99664-3404 - Co-owners
- Branson Maile
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.
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The public federal record on N3877P, 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 Branson Derrick, a co-owned, certificate issued November 30, 2022, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 6, 1995, 40 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 18-4703 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3877P 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 N3877P: Accident on February 13, 1992 at Anchorage, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 18, 1989 at Copper Center, 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-18A-150 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S MISJUDGMENT OF THE FUEL CONSUMPTION OF THE AIRPLANE; THEREBY EXHAUSTING THE FUEL SUPPLY PREMATURELY. FACTOR RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE LACK OF A SUITABLE FORCED LANDING AREA.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC92LA035 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18A · operated under 091
THE SELECTION OF UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FOR LANDING BY THE PILOT. HE SUBSEQUENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE WHEN HE IMPROPERLY APPLIED HARD BRAKING DURING A WHEEL LANDING.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC89LA150 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data