Piper PA-14
N5402H is a Piper PA-14, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1949. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 19, 1971 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 22, 1967.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-14 · all PA-14s and related versions
- Serial number
- 14-512
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1949
- Cruising speed
- 82 mph
- Transponder code
- A6DA92 (octal 51555222)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 19, 1971
- Expires
- October 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 9, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · March 22, 1967
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00573005
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bast Fred D
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 601 Fideler Rd
Fairbanks, AK 99712-1422
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.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N5402H, 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 Bast Fred D, an individual, certificate issued March 19, 1971, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 22, 1967, 18 years after the 1949 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 14-512 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5402H 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]
3 NTSB records under N5402H: Accident on August 15, 2006 at Fairbanks, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 23, 1999 at Fairbanks, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 2, 1999 at Talkeetna, 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-14 · operated under 091
The pilot's selection of an unsuitable off-airport site for takeoff, which resulted in an on-ground encounter with rough-uneven terrain, a loss of control, and a collision with small trees. Factors associated with the accident were the uneven terrain, and high vegetation.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC06CA111 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-14 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadvertent stall during the landing flare.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC99LA135 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-14 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions, and an inadvertent ground loop. A factor in the accident was a quartering tailwind.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC99LA056 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data