Piper PA-18A
N7797B is a Piper PA-18A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1955. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 11, 1994 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated August 29, 2001.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18A · all PA-18As and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-4449
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1955
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- AA8DC5 (octal 52506705)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 11, 1994
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Other · August 29, 2001
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00694790
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Waggood Clayton R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 111822
Anchorage, AK 99511-1822
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 N7797B, 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 Waggood Clayton R, an individual, certificate issued July 11, 1994, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 29, 2001, 46 years after the 1955 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 18-4449 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N7797B 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 N7797B: Accident on August 14, 1996 at Skwentna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 22, 1996 at Skwentna, 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
An engine failure due to an eroded engine piston. Factors in the accident were unsuitable terrain for a forced landing and improperly timed magnetos.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC96LA124 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
The pilot's selection of an unsuitable site for landing. A factor associated with the accident is the snow-covered terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC96LA170 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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data