Piper PA-18-150
N5285J is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1959. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Sterling, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 18, 2021 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated August 29, 2001.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-150 · all PA-18-150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-7143
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1959
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A6A9B6 (octal 51524666)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 18, 2021
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- August 22, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Other · August 29, 2001
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00921333
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Jensen Michael J Trustee
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 37837 Diane St
Sterling, AK 99672-9401
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 N5285J, 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 Jensen Michael J Trustee, an individual, certificate issued March 18, 2021, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 29, 2001, 42 years after the 1959 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 18-7143 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5285J was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 404 (serial 4040637, cancelled December 6, 1983). 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 N5285J: Accident on December 17, 1994 at Juneau, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 5, 1993 at Haines, AK: 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 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S SELECTION OF UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FOR THE ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC95LA021 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
FATIGUE FAILURE IN A WELD ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR OLEO STRUT TUBING.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC94LA012 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