Piper PA-18
N78NR is a Piper PA-18, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Eagle River, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 6, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 11, 1982.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18 · all PA-18s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-3513
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- AA8F69 (octal 52507551)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 6, 2025
- Expires
- November 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- November 6, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · August 11, 1982
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00084800
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kozak Daniel Patrick
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 4432 Birdsong Dr
Eagle River, AK 99577-9442
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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 N78NR, 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 Kozak Daniel Patrick, an individual, certificate issued November 6, 2025, expires November 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-3513 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N78NR 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 N78NR: Accident on January 31, 2015 at Wasilla, AK: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 24, 2000 at Skwentna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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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
Both pilots’ inadequate visual lookout and failure to see and avoid each other while in level cruise flight, which resulted in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident was the obscuration of the other pilot’s visibility due to sun glare.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC15FA009 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. Factors in the accident were the presence of a tailwind, the pilot's inadvertent touchdown, and a short landing area bordered by high vegetation.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC00LA079 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