Piper PA-12
N527Y is a Piper PA-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wasilla, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 11, 2019 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 10, 2008.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-12 · all PA-12s and related versions
- Serial number
- 12-312
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-360-A2A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1946
- Cruising speed
- 82 mph
- Transponder code
- A6A515 (octal 51522425)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 11, 2019
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- January 21, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · March 10, 2008
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00743560
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mues John C
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2507 N Pointe Cir
Wasilla, AK 99654-9348
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 N527Y, 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 Mues John C, an individual, certificate issued March 11, 2019, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 10, 2008, 62 years after the 1946 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 12-312 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N527Y was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Grumman G-164 (serial 164, cancelled April 23, 1999). 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]
3 NTSB records under N527Y: Accident on March 6, 1997 at Newkirk, OK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 19, 1989 at Kindred, ND: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 16, 1984 at Fairmont, MD: minor 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: Grumman G-164 · operated under 137
The partial loss of engine power due to failure of the blower (integral supercharger). A factor was the power line over which the pilot had to maneuver during the forced landing which resulted in insufficient airspeed to flare the airplane.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW97LA117 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO COMPENSATE FOR THE WIND CONDITIONS DURING THE TAKEOFF. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE CROSSWIND CONDITIONS.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN89LA110 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164 · operated under 137
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC84LA277 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