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N91187

Piper PA-18-150

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesUtah

N91187 is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Usda Aphis Ws Atoc, a government body in Cedar City, Utah. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 3, 2017 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 24, 1981.

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Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-18-150 · all PA-18-150s and related versions
Built of
steel tube and fabric
The fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Piper PA-18 Super Cub family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
18-8109079
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 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1981
Cruising speed
97 mph
Transponder code
AC9DF2 (octal 53116762)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 3, 2017
Expires
November 30, 2027
Last FAA action
April 1, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 24, 1981
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00931071

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Usda Aphis Ws Atoc
Type
GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1223 N Airport Rd
Cedar City, UT 84721-8412

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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

1971-12-16North American NAVION · Valid registration

Connections how N91187 links to the rest of the register

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Engine
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N91187, 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 Usda Aphis Ws Atoc, a government body, certificate issued November 3, 2017, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated August 24, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-8109079 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N91187 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: North American NAVION (serial NAV463, cancelled December 16, 1971). 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 N91187: Accident on August 23, 2001 at Van Horn, TX: minor injuries, destroyed. 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

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

FTW01TA194Accident on August 23, 2001 at Van Horn, TX: minor injuries, destroyed.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. A factor contributing to the accident was the high density altitude.

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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 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data