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A Piper PA-18 Super Cub, the same model family as N7296K
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N7296K

Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesWyoming

N7296K is a Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Vne LLC, an LLC in Sheridan, Wyoming. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 12, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 29, 1956.

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Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-18-105 SPECIAL · all PA-18-105 SPECIALs and related versions
Built of
steel tube and fabric
The fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Piper PA-18 Super Cub family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
18-210
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
97 mph
Transponder code
A9C82F (octal 52344057)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 12, 2025
Expires
February 29, 2032
Last FAA action
February 12, 2025
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · August 29, 1956
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00461627

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Vne LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
421 Legacy Rd # 32
Sheridan, WY 82801-6730

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N7296K links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N7296K, 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 Vne LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 12, 2025, expires February 29, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-210 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N7296K 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

1 NTSB record under N7296K: Accident on May 11, 2021 at Coeur D' Alene, ID: 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 1

WPR21LA190Accident on May 11, 2021 at Coeur D' Alene, ID: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL · operated under 091

The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, and the flight instructors delayed remedial action which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.

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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 November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data