Piper PA-12
N4159M is a Piper PA-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cedar Crest, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 6, 2018 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated November 21, 1955.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-12 · all PA-12s and related versions
- Serial number
- 12-3058
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1947
- Cruising speed
- 82 mph
- Transponder code
- A4EA52 (octal 51165122)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 6, 2018
- Expires
- September 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · November 21, 1955
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00931524
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Shapnek Lawrence R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 552
Cedar Crest, NM 87008-0552
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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 N4159M, 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 Shapnek Lawrence R, an individual, certificate issued September 6, 2018, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 21, 1955, 8 years after the 1947 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 12-3058 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4159M 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 N4159M: Accident on July 29, 2018 at Edgewood, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 23, 2003 at Edgewood, NM: 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 12 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA18CA530 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-12 · operated under 091
the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and decision making. Factors contributing to the accident include the resulting fuel exhaustion, the snow covered field and the fence.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN04LA032 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