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Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type data
Airframe
Manufacturer
Piper
Model
PA-18-150
Year
1968
Serial number
18-8753
Aircraft type
Fixed wing single engine
Category
Land
Certification
Type Certificated
Seats
2
Engines
1
Max takeoff weight
Up to 12,499 lb
Mode S code
A551DC
Engine
Make and model
Lycoming 0-320 Series
Type
Reciprocating
Power
180 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records
2023 – nowHigh Wind Aviation Service LLCLudlow, VT · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026
NTSB events (3)
Accident · substantial damage
Sep 8, 2003 · Skwentna, AK
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall, and subsequent in-flight collision with terrain. A factor associated with the accident was a downdraft.
THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT GAVE THE STUDENT PILOT A FORCED LANDING WHILE ON LEFT BASE TO RUNWAY 19. THE STUDENT CONTINUED THE APPROACH AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET NOTICED THE RATE OF DESCENT INCREASING. THE STUDENT APPLIED FULL POWER BUT THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO DESCEND AND IMPACTED A STEEP EMBANKMENT, 212 FEET SHORT OF THE MARKED LANDING THRESHOLD. THE STUDENT STATED HE WAS APPROACHING THE RUNWAY AT…
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
Exhaust · muffler · crackedAug 12, 2006
DURING ANNUAL INSP FOUND CRACK AT END OF ONE SUPPORT BRACE WITH EVIDENCE OF EXHAUST LEAK. ADVISED OWNER, HE SAID HE HAD EXPERIENCED EXHAUST LEAKAGE WITH MILD NOSE AND LEAKAGE. REPAIRED MUFFLER AND RETURNED TO US AND MUFFLER WAS REINSTALLED. (K)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.