Piper PA-12
N418BS 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 Norton Ranch LLC, an LLC in Baker City, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 14, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 8, 1995.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-12 · all PA-12s 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-12 Super Cruiser 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
- 12-2831
- 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 0-290 SERIES · 140 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1947
- Cruising speed
- 82 mph
- Transponder code
- A4F202 (octal 51171002)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 14, 2026
- Expires
- October 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- October 14, 2026
- 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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 8, 1995
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00094308
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Norton Ranch LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 50309 Osborne Rd
Baker City, OR 97814-8237
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N418BS links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser 1,247 registered
- Piper 44,844 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-290 series 2,126 aircraft with this engine series · 140 hp
- Norton Ranch LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Baker City, OR 48 aircraft registered in this town
- Baker City Municipal · BKE
- Oregon 7,013 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser 32 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser 30 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser 359 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-290 series 7 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N418BS, 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 Norton Ranch LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 14, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 8, 1995, 48 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 12-2831 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N418BS 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]
1 NTSB record under N418BS: Accident on November 9, 2023 at Baker City, OR: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-12 · operated under 091
The pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data