{"airworthiness_class":"Multiple","airworthiness_date":"1959-04-28","airworthiness_ops":"Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-12-21","city":"SIOUX CITY","country_code":"US","county_code":"193","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":"2030-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-12-21","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101837","mode_s_code":"53227124","mode_s_hex":"AD2E54","model":"PA-18A 150","n_number":"N9488D","name":"CLEAR PROP AVIATION LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Skwentna","damage":"SUBS","date":"2012-06-17","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC12CA053","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s selection of unsuitable terrain for taxi.","registration":"N9488D","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on June 17, 2012 at Skwentna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Skwentna","damage":"SUBS","date":"2006-07-07","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC06CA085","probable_cause":"The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in a loss of control during the landing roll, and an on ground encounter with terrain.  Factors associated with the accident are the pilot's failure to maintain directional control, and the rough and uneven terrain.","registration":"N9488D","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on July 7, 2006 at Skwentna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N9488D is a Piper PA-18A 150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1959. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Clear Prop Aviation LLC, an LLC in Sioux City, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 21, 2023 and expires on December 31, 2030. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated April 28, 1959.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Clear Prop Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 21, 2023, expires December 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Multiple certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated April 28, 1959, consistent with the 1959 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-6740 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N9488D 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 N9488D: Accident on June 17, 2012 at Skwentna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 7, 2006 at Skwentna, 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":1,"serial_number":"18-6740","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5844 MORNINGSIDE AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00360311","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N9488D","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1959,"zip":"511063144"}