Piper PA-18-150
N4418Z is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1968. It has 2 seats. It is registered to High Wind Aviation Service LLC, an LLC in Ludlow, Vermont. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 10, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 29, 2003.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-150 · all PA-18-150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-8753
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1968
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A551DC (octal 51250734)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 10, 2023
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · May 29, 2003
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 00352404
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- High Wind Aviation Service LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 551 Town Farm Rd
Ludlow, VT 05149-9551
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N4418Z, 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 High Wind Aviation Service LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 10, 2023, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 29, 2003, 35 years after the 1968 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 18-8753 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4418Z 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]
3 NTSB records under N4418Z: Accident on September 8, 2003 at Skwentna, AK: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 29, 2000 at Seldovia, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 10, 1986 at Girdwood, AK: serious 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-160 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall, and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain. A factor associated with the accident was a downdraft.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC03LA111 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. A factor in the accident was an inadvertent ground swerve.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC00LA051 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC86FA071 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