{"airworthiness_class":"Multiple","airworthiness_date":"1993-04-01","airworthiness_ops":"Standard; Restricted; Other","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1978-01-09","city":"FAIRBANKS","country_code":"US","county_code":"090","cruise_speed_mph":97,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-15","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101828","mode_s_code":"51576075","mode_s_hex":"A6FC3D","model":"PA-18-150","n_number":"N54938","name":"LENTSCH BILL","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"LITTLE DELTA RV","damage":"SUBS","date":"1993-08-18","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"ANC93LA153","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE TAKEOFF CLIMB.  FACTOR WAS THE GUSTY WINDS.","registration":"N54938","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on August 18, 1993 at Little Delta Rv, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"FAIRBANKS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1989-11-21","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC90T#A01","probable_cause":null,"registration":"N54938","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on November 21, 1989 at Fairbanks, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N54938 is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 9, 1978 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated April 1, 1993.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Lentsch Bill, an individual, certificate issued January 9, 1978, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 1, 1993, 16 years after the 1977 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 18-7709024 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N54938 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 N54938: Accident on August 18, 1993 at Little Delta Rv, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 21, 1989 at Fairbanks, 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":"18-7709024","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 81063","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00243325","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N54938","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1977,"zip":"997081063"}