Kakeldey Ronald O SMITH PA12 EXP
N73AK is a Kakeldey Ronald O SMITH PA12 EXP, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Kenai, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 26, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 17, 2008.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Kakeldey Ronald O
- Model
- SMITH PA12 EXP
- Serial number
- 05004
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A9C8BC (octal 52344274)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 26, 2019
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 11, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · June 17, 2008
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 01009056
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kruger Jon N
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 48419 Grant Ave
Kenai, AK 99611-6459
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N73AK, 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 Kruger Jon N, an individual, certificate issued June 26, 2019, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 05004 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N73AK was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech B19 (serial MB-588, cancelled July 16, 1975). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
1 NTSB record under N73AK: Accident on July 1, 2022 at Beluga, 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Kakeldey Ronald O SMITH PA12 EXP · operated under 091
The pilot’s loss of control during the landing roll.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC22LA059 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