Piper PA-18A 150
N5779D is a Piper PA-18A 150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1956. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 8, 2014 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 18, 1989.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18A 150 · all PA-18A 150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-5295
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1956
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A76C01 (octal 51666001)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 8, 2014
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · May 18, 1989
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00181505
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Altenburg Scott J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 5901 Olympia Cir
Anchorage, AK 99507-6650
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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 N5779D, 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 Altenburg Scott J, an individual, certificate issued April 8, 2014, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 18, 1989, 33 years after the 1956 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 18-5295 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5779D 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 N5779D: Accident on September 16, 2020 at Arctic Village, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 12, 2003 at Laurel, MT: 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 PA18 · operated under 091
The pilot’s selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in a rock damaging the empennage.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC20CA097 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18A-150 · operated under 091
Aircraft control was not maintained during the landing roll. The aircraft subsequently nosed over.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA03LA099 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