Piper PA-18-150
N8653Y 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 Morris Equipment LLC, an LLC in Yuma, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 28, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 10, 1973.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-150 · all PA-18-150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-7309024
- 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
- ABE442 (octal 52762102)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 28, 2014
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · October 10, 1973
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00282371
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Morris Equipment LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 340 W 32Nd St # 413
Yuma, AZ 85364-8128
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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 N8653Y, 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 Morris Equipment LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 28, 2014, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-7309024 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8653Y 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]
5 NTSB records under N8653Y: Accident on August 13, 2004 at Soldotna, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 13, 1994 at Kodiak, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 27, 1988 at Anchorage, 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 5
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and uncontrolled descent.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC04LA095 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
A FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO ADEQUATELY COMPENSATE FOR CROSSWIND CONDITIONS. A CROSSWIND AND ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC94LA138 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC88LA097 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC83LA027 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC82DAG31 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