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N84AJ

Pa-18 Llc AC-18-CUB

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMaine

N84AJ is a Pa-18 Llc AC-18-CUB, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2016. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Pa-18 LLC, an LLC in South Portland, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 3, 2016 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 10, 2016.

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Aircraft

Maker
Pa-18 Llc
Model
AC-18-CUB
Serial number
AC-18-001
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360 SERIES · 200 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2016
Kit
DAKOTA CUB AIRCRAFT INC SUPER 18
Transponder code
AB7D89 (octal 52676611)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
March 3, 2016
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 21, 2023
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 10, 2016
FAA region
New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01210855

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Pa-18 LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
100 Aviation Blvd
South Portland, ME 04106

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1995-04-04Bell 206B · exported to El Salvador · Valid registration

Connections how N84AJ links to the rest of the register

Design
  • Pa-18 Llc 1 aircraft on the register
Engine
Owner
Place
  • South Portland, ME 19 aircraft registered in this town
  • Maine 1,426 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N84AJ, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Pa-18 LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 3, 2016, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 10, 2016, consistent with the 2016 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial AC-18-001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N84AJ was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 206B (serial 4317, cancelled April 4, 1995). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N84AJ: Accident on July 16, 2026 at Plymouth, MA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 1

CEN26FA257Accident on July 16, 2026 at Plymouth, MA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dakota Cub SUPER 18 · operated under 091

On July 16, 2026, about 0740 eastern daylight time, a Dakota Cub Super 18 airplane, N84AJ, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Plymouth, Massachusetts. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. ADS-B data obtained from the FAA and data extracted from the airplane’s Garmin G3X showed that the airplane departed from Plymouth Municipal Airport (PYM), Plymouth, Massachusetts, about 0632, and flew south towards Katama Airpark(1B2), Edgartown, Massachusetts, and then …

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data