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N8281C

Piper PA-18A

Valid Alaska

N8281C is a Piper PA-18A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1954. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 13, 1989 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for other, dated September 11, 2009.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-18A
Serial number
18-3689
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-320 SERIES · 150 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1954
Cruising speed
97 mph
Transponder code
AB5111 (octal 52650421)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 13, 1989
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Restricted · Other · September 11, 2009
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00813541

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thomas Ken C
Type
Individual
Address
1935 Swallow Dr
Fairbanks, AK 99709-6647

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