Piper PA-18-150
N4488Z is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1969. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Alaska Tailwheel LLC, an LLC in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 20, 2020 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 1, 2025.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-150 · all PA-18-150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-8843
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1969
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A56BDD (octal 51265735)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 20, 2020
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · April 1, 2025
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00062664
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Alaska Tailwheel LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 750160
Fairbanks, AK 99775-0160
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.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N4488Z, 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 Alaska Tailwheel LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 20, 2020, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 1, 2025, 56 years after the 1969 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 18-8843 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4488Z was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-18-150 (serial 18-4854, cancelled March 4, 1980). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N4488Z: Accident on May 29, 2023 at Fairbanks, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 13, 1991 at Telluride, CO: 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 failure to maintain directional control during landing with a quartering tailwind, which resulted in a water loop and impact with terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC23LA039 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under 091
THE PILOT FLYING THE AIRCRAFT AT A HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND LEVEL WHICH WAS INADEQUATE FOR RECOVERY FROM AN ENCOUNTER WITH DOWN DRAFTS. A FACTOR WAS: DOWN DRAFT ENCOUNTER.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN92LA003 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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data