Piper PA-18-150
N8048D is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1954. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Barnstormers Aerial Advertising LLC, an LLC in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 2, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; aerial advertising, dated September 27, 1994.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-150 · all PA-18-150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 54-2592
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1954
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- AAF42D (octal 52572055)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 2, 2014
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control; Aerial advertising · September 27, 1994
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00950552
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Barnstormers Aerial Advertising LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 1728
North Myrtle Beach, SC 29598-1728
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.
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The public federal record on N8048D, 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 Barnstormers Aerial Advertising LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 2, 2014, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 27, 1994, 40 years after the 1954 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 54-2592 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8048D 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 N8048D: Accident on July 15, 2012 at North Myrtle Beach, SC: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 2, 1995 at Conway, SC: minor 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-18-150 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate use of carburetor heat during cruise flight, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power and subsequent forced landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA12LA453 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN THE UNCONTROLLED DESCENT AND COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL95LA124 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