Piper PA-15
N4492H is a Piper PA-15, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 9, 2018 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 21, 1956.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-15 · all PA-15s 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-15 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
- 15-280
- 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 · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 75 mph
- Transponder code
- A56EB2 (octal 51267262)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 9, 2018
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 2023
- 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 · May 21, 1956
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00322664
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bryant Stephen
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 4802 Malibu Rd
Anchorage, AK 99517-3274
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N4492H links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-15 165 registered
- Piper 44,837 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental C85 series 4,671 aircraft with this engine series · 85 hp
- Anchorage, AK 2,528 aircraft registered in this town
- Lake Hood Airport · LHD
- Merrill Field · MRI
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International · ANC
- Bold Airport · A13
- 2 more landing places in town
- Alaska 9,144 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-15 11 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-15 2 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-15 112 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental C85 series 7 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental C85 series 12 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Line, leakage · 1995-06-13
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The public federal record on N4492H, 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 Bryant Stephen, an individual, certificate issued March 9, 2018, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 15-280 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4492H 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 N4492H: Accident on February 29, 2004 at Big Lake, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 6, 1995 at Dutch Harbor, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-15 · operated under 091
An in-flight loss of control for an undetermined reason, which resulted in a forced landing and in-flight collision with trees.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-17 · operated under 091
THE PARTIAL FAILURE OF THE RIGHT BRAKE DUE TO A LEAKY BRAKE LINE.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data