Piper PA-18A 150
N9488D is a Piper PA-18A 150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1959. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Clear Prop Aviation LLC, an LLC in Sioux City, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 21, 2023 and expires on December 31, 2030. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated April 28, 1959.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18A 150 · all PA-18A 150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-6740
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1959
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- AD2E54 (octal 53227124)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 21, 2023
- Expires
- December 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- December 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · April 28, 1959
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00360311
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Clear Prop Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 5844 Morningside Ave
Sioux City, IA 51106-3144
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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 N9488D, 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 Clear Prop Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 21, 2023, expires December 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Multiple certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated April 28, 1959, consistent with the 1959 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-6740 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9488D 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 N9488D: Accident on June 17, 2012 at Skwentna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 7, 2006 at Skwentna, 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under 091
The pilot’s selection of unsuitable terrain for taxi.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC12CA053 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-180 · operated under 091
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in a loss of control during the landing roll, and an on ground encounter with terrain. Factors associated with the accident are the pilot's failure to maintain directional control, and the rough and uneven terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC06CA085 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
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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data