Piper PA-18-150
N416RK is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1966. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Windyfork LLC, an LLC in Black Mountain, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 12, 2019 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 22, 1966.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-150 · all PA-18-150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-8434
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1966
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A4EBEB (octal 51165753)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 12, 2019
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · June 22, 1966
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00861704
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Windyfork LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 120 Church St
Black Mountain, NC 28711-3302
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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 N416RK, 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 Windyfork LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 12, 2019, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated June 22, 1966, consistent with the 1966 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-8434 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N416RK 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 N416RK: Accident on August 30, 2023 at Mccarthy, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 12, 2020 at Chitina, 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-18-150 · operated under 091
The pilot’s excessive application of brakes during landing that resulted in a nose over.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC23LA068 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA18 · operated under 091
The pilot’s loss of directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC20CA096 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