Piper PA-18-150
N82253 is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Dirt Strip Dirtbags LLC, an LLC in Whitefish, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 16, 2019 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated February 23, 1979.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-150 · all PA-18-150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-7909082
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- AB3B6C (octal 52635554)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 16, 2019
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · February 23, 1979
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00133721
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Dirt Strip Dirtbags LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 525 8Th St W
Whitefish, MT 59937-3267
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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 N82253, 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 Dirt Strip Dirtbags LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 16, 2019, expires July 31, 2029. 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 18-7909082 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N82253 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]
1 NTSB record under N82253: Accident on July 27, 2019 at Tok, 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA18 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing and his excessive rudder input, which resulted in a runway excursion and landing gear collapse.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA19CA500 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