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N530AK

Piper PA-18-150

Valid Texas

N530AK is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1956. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Conroe, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 9, 2019 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 15, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-18-150 · all PA-18-150s and related versions
Serial number
18-4385
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
1956
Cruising speed
97 mph
Transponder code
A6B077 (octal 51530167)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 9, 2019
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 25, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · May 15, 1956
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00215892

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Day Bill
Type
Individual
Address
12383 Tramonto Dr
Conroe, TX 77304-4560

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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 · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N530AK, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Day Bill, an individual, certificate issued August 9, 2019, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated May 15, 1956, consistent with the 1956 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-4385 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N530AK according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N530AK: Accident on November 23, 2019 at Kerrville, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 31, 2019 at Sparta, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

CEN20CA033Accident on November 23, 2019 at Kerrville, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA18 · operated under 091

The pilot’s loss of airplane control during the landing flare, which resulted in a loss of directional control and ground-loop.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN20CA033 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

GAA19CA298Accident on May 31, 2019 at Sparta, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA18 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground-loop.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA19CA298 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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