Piper PA-11
N78635 is a Piper PA-11, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Kodiak, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 27, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 23, 1955.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-11 · all PA-11s and related versions
- Serial number
- 11-1396
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1947
- Cruising speed
- 67 mph
- Transponder code
- AAA9AF (octal 52524657)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 27, 2024
- Expires
- February 28, 2031
- Last FAA action
- July 9, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · August 23, 1955
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00354980
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Horn Adriane L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 717 Mill Bay Rd
Kodiak, AK 99615-7310
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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 N78635, 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 Horn Adriane L, an individual, certificate issued February 27, 2024, expires February 28, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 23, 1955, 8 years after the 1947 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 11-1396 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N78635 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 N78635: Accident on August 11, 2011 at Chenga Bay, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 17, 2000 at Chenega Bay, 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-11 · operated under 091
The pilot's improper decision to land on an unsuitable landing surface which resulted in a nose over.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC11CA078 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-11 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate lookout. Factors involved in this accident were sunglare, and a tall bush next to the airstrip.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC00LA104 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