{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1975-03-27","airworthiness_ops":"Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1975-02-12","city":"HOLY CROSS","country_code":"US","county_code":"270","cruise_speed_mph":97,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41506","engine_horsepower":140,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-290 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-18","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101828","mode_s_code":"50023714","mode_s_hex":"A027CC","model":"PA-18-150","n_number":"N109T","name":"WERBA BRUCE J","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"St. Mary's","damage":"SUBS","date":"2023-09-13","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ANC23FA074","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s decision to operate the airplane above its maximum certificated gross weight, and his installation of an unapproved external load that degraded takeoff performance and flight characteristics resulting in a loss of airplane control during takeoff into an area of mechanical turbulence and downdrafts.","registration":"N109T","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on September 13, 2023 at St. Mary'S, AK: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Holy Cross","damage":"SUBS","date":"2017-09-26","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"GAA17CA565","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in a nose-over.","registration":"N109T","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on September 26, 2017 at Holy Cross, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N109T is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1952. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Holy Cross, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 12, 1975 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated March 27, 1975.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Werba Bruce J, an individual, certificate issued February 12, 1975, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 27, 1975, 23 years after the 1952 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-2223 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N109T according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"2 NTSB records under N109T: Accident on September 13, 2023 at St. Mary'S, AK: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on September 26, 2017 at Holy Cross, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"18-2223","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 102","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00940580","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N109T","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1952,"zip":"996020102"}