N638031978 Piper PA-18-150
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Southern California Soaring Academy INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Valencia, CA
- Certificate issued
- Dec 8, 2016
- Expires
- Dec 31, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal, Utility
- Airworthiness date
- Aug 21, 1978
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-150
- Year
- 1978
- Serial number
- 18-7809147
- 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
- A85DE8
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- 2016 – nowSouthern California Soaring Academy INCValencia, CA · current
- Date unknownTufts-Edgcumbe INCDes Plaines, IL · different airframe: Cessna T-50 S/N 4873
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
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 (2)
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 · corrodedOct 19, 1998
MUFFLER ASSY BAIL HAS CORRODED AWAY DUE TO 180 HP PER STC NR SA92NW AND LACK OF INSPECTION OF AD 68-05-01 AND OPERATOR COMPLIANCE. SUBMITTER RECOMMENDED EVERY 1,000 TIS, THE MUFFLER ASSY SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH A NEW ASSY, NOT OVERHAULED.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Engine fuel and control · oil cooler · malfunctionedOct 19, 1998
PILOT STATES THAT OIL TEMPERATURE DOES NOT GO ABOVE 140 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT IN-FLIGHT OPS. LYCOMING REQUIRES 170 DEGREES PLUS PER OPERATOR'S MANUAL. SUBMITTER FOUND SOME SILVER DUCK TAPE WITH A STRING COVERING AIR INTAKE TO REGULATE. AIR FLOW OVER COOLER TO ADJUST OIL TEMPERATURE.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026