Piper PA-18A
N8995D is a Piper PA-18A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1958. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Port Alsworth, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 31, 2001 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated May 10, 1960.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18A · all PA-18As and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-6403
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1958
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- AC69CE (octal 53064716)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 31, 2001
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · May 10, 1960
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00701491
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Graham William Franklin III
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- General Delivery
Port Alsworth, AK 99653-9999
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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 N8995D, 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 Graham William Franklin III, an individual, certificate issued July 31, 2001, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Multiple certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated May 10, 1960, consistent with the 1958 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-6403 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8995D 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 N8995D: Accident on July 29, 2002 at Port Alsworth, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 4, 1996 at Tyonek, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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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 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during the landing roll, resulting in a nose over. A factor associated with the accident was a wind gust.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
The pilot's improper approach to landing, and his delay in initiating a go-around.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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