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N53SJ

Piper PA-18-135

Valid Minnesota

N53SJ is a Piper PA-18-135, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1953. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hastings, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 3, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 15, 1957.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-18-135
Serial number
18-3003
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1953
Cruising speed
97 mph
Transponder code
A6AFAD (octal 51527655)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 3, 2026
Expires
February 28, 2033
Last FAA action
February 3, 2026
Airworthiness
Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · May 15, 1957
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00422313

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Johnston Robert J
Type
Individual
Address
18644 Portwood Way
Hastings, MN 55033-9285

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