Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL
N5483H is a Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1950. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Billings, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 30, 2016 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated November 21, 1960.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-105 SPECIAL · all PA-18-105 SPECIALs and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-74
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-290 SERIES · 140 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1950
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A6F86D (octal 51574155)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 30, 2016
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 27, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · November 21, 1960
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00493275
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kriner Steven J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2910 Stanford Dr
Billings, MT 59102-0754
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N5483H, 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 Kriner Steven J, an individual, certificate issued August 30, 2016, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 21, 1960, 10 years after the 1950 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 18-74 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5483H 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 N5483H: Accident on May 1, 2004 at Laurel, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 3, 1987 at Monte Vista, CO: 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-18-105 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance/altitude while maneuvering resulting in the inadvertent in-flight collision with water/terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-105 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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