{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-04-06","city":"MARION","country_code":"US","county_code":"187","cruise_speed_mph":97,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2030-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-06","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101820","mode_s_code":"50157752","mode_s_hex":"A0DFEA","model":"PA-18-135","n_number":"N15558","name":"NIGHTHAWK AIR SYSTEMS INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"BULVERDE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1989-07-02","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"FTW89LA125","probable_cause":"FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO OBTAIN AND/OR MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED TO CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF AND HIS DELAY IN ABORTING THE TAKEOFF.  A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN.","registration":"N15558","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on July 2, 1989 at Bulverde, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N15558 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 Nighthawk Air Systems INC, a corporation in Marion, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 6, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Nighthawk Air Systems INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 6, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-3876 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N15558 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-140 (serial 287325097, cancelled April 20, 1992); Douglas DC3C-S1C3G (serial 9659, cancelled July 25, 1949); Consolidated B-24D (serial 41-23721, cancelled October 2, 1944). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"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":"1 NTSB record under N15558: Accident on July 2, 1989 at Bulverde, TX: minor 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"18-3876","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"102 WINDSOCK LN","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01400087","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N15558","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"781246564"}