{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1958-12-08","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-10-10","city":"CENTER HARBOR","country_code":"US","county_code":"001","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":"2031-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-06-02","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101837","mode_s_code":"53230705","mode_s_hex":"AD31C5","model":"PA-18A 150","n_number":"N9496D","name":"CAVU CLEARING LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Llano","damage":"SUBS","date":"2018-06-21","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"GAA18CA583","probable_cause":"The pilot's receiving instruction\u2019s improper landing flare and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.","registration":"N9496D","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on June 21, 2018 at Llano, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"WINSTON","damage":"DEST","date":"1989-09-12","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"DEN89LA214","probable_cause":"DETERIORATED CARBURETOR FLOAT.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE:  HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AND THE TERRAIN CONDITIONS IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.","registration":"N9496D","state":"NM","summary":"Accident on September 12, 1989 at Winston, NM: serious injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N9496D is a Piper PA-18A 150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1958. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Cavu Clearing LLC, an LLC in Center Harbor, New Hampshire. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 10, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 8, 1958.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Cavu Clearing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 10, 2024, expires October 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated December 8, 1958, consistent with the 1958 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-6748 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N9496D 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 N9496D: Accident on June 21, 2018 at Llano, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 12, 1989 at Winston, NM: serious injuries, destroyed. 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":"New England","region_code":"E","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":1,"serial_number":"18-6748","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NH","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"C/O KEITH FITZGERALD","street2":"120 FOLLETT RD","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00141095","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N9496D","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1958,"zip":"032263332"}