N8181L is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Gick S/Gick P AEROCOMP CA6WB built in 1999. The FAA cancelled the registration on May 18, 2012. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Gick S/Gick P AEROCOMP CA6WB cancelled May 18, 2012
- Serial number
- 97159
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1999
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- March 8, 1999
- Last FAA action
- February 28, 2004
- Last owner
- Gick Pamela K (Individual)
Saint Marys, PA - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built
Cessna 172H cancelled February 8, 1995
- Serial number
- 17256381
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 9, 1994
- Last FAA action
- May 11, 1994
- Last owner
- Mitchell Terry L (Co-owned)
Bauxite, AR - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N8181L
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Gick AEROCOMP CA6WB · serial 97159
The pilot's inadequate preflight. Also causal in the accident was the under-inflated tire that flattened and locked during landing, and collapsed the nose landing gear.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172H · serial 17256381
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE DUE TO UNDETERMINED REASONS.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site