{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1956-03-16","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-04-27","city":"ANCHORAGE","country_code":"US","county_code":"020","cruise_speed_mph":97,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17009","engine_horsepower":95,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"C90 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-04-27","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101802","mode_s_code":"51307661","mode_s_hex":"A58FB1","model":"PA-18","n_number":"N4579A","name":"REID MELISSA K H","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"WINDY FORK","damage":"SUBS","date":"1989-10-01","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC89LA180","probable_cause":"IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT.","registration":"N4579A","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on October 1, 1989 at Windy Fork, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"REID JOHN A","plain_english":"N4579A is a Piper PA-18, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1956. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 27, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated March 16, 1956.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Reid Melissa K H, a co-owned, certificate issued April 27, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate, dated March 16, 1956, consistent with the 1956 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-4885 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N4579A 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":"1 NTSB record under N4579A: Accident on October 1, 1989 at Windy Fork, 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":"Co-owned","registrant_type_code":"4","seats":2,"serial_number":"18-4885","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"701 BIRCH ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00462974","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4579A","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1956,"zip":"995017207"}