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N8978D

Piper PA-18-150

Valid Alaska

N8978D is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1958. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Chugiak, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 8, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated September 25, 1973.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-18-150
Serial number
18-6418
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1958
Cruising speed
97 mph
Transponder code
AC62C9 (octal 53061311)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 8, 2024
Expires
February 28, 2031
Last FAA action
February 8, 2024
Airworthiness
Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Other · September 25, 1973
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00251541

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shuman Cecil R Trustee
Type
Co-owned
Address
PO Box 671441
Chugiak, AK 99567-1441
Co-owners
Shuman Catherine M Trustee

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