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N1297A

Piper PA-18

N1297A is a Piper PA-18, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Newell, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 20, 2012 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 5, 1955.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-18
Serial number
18-1101
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-290 SERIES · 140 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
97 mph
Transponder code
A0786F (octal 50074157)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 20, 2012
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · October 5, 1955
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00180710

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Orwick Robert J
Type
Individual
Address
16782 Twilight Rd
Newell, SD 57760-5732

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data