Piper PA-18-135
N9977Q is a Piper PA-18-135, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Reno, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 6, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 29, 1976.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-135 · all PA-18-135s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-3575
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- ADF000 (octal 53370000)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 6, 2020
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · December 29, 1976
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00483290
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Shepphird John C
- Type
- Co-owned
- Address
- 5250 Canyon Dr
Reno, NV 89519-2910 - Co-owners
- Shepphird Jennifer L
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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 N9977Q, 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 Shepphird John C, a co-owned, certificate issued January 6, 2020, expires January 31, 2030. 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 18-3575 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9977Q 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 N9977Q: Accident on July 21, 1991 at Gerlach, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 23, 1990 at Reno, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA 18-135 · operated under 091
THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE TERRAIN CLEARANCE BY THE SELECTION OF AN INAPPROPRIATE CRUISE ALTITUDE RESULTING IN AN IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA18-160 · operated under 091
THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING ROLL.
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