# N13917: Waco ATO

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Waco ATO](https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-ato) (registry code 9601212, 3 seats)
- Data sheets: [TCDS ATC 123](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/ATC%20123) (The Waco Aircraft Company) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: A-119
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Certificate issued: March 20, 2018
- Expires: March 31, 2028
- Mode S code: A09F3B
- Registered owner: [J W Hicks Aviation LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/J%20W%20HICKS%20AVIATION%20LLC)
- Location: [Valparaiso, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/Valparaiso)
- Owner type: LLC
- Owner's area on the map: 41.4644° N, 87.1241° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 46385, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=13917
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13917

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Waco ATO)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N13917.

## NTSB investigations on N13917 not matched to an aircraft (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC76DAG96](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAG96-149195), Jun 5, 1975: Piper PA-18 (N13917), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N13917.

## Reports on N13917 not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N13917, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Accident 19750605016969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750605016969A), Jun 5, 1975: Piper PA18150 (N13917), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Float hit submerged object.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (13)

Approved for this aircraft's airframe or engine model, in force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.

### Approved for the airframe (Waco ATO)

- [STC SA04652CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA04652CH): To allow use of 100R grade aviation fuel meeting Swift Fuel, LLC specification. Swift Fuels LLC
- [STC SA01406NY](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA01406NY): Installation of Airwolf remote mounted engine oil filter kit AFC-K017 on single and multi-engine fixed light aircraft and rotary wing. Airwolf Filter Corporation
- [STC SA00478CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA00478CH): Installation of Cooper Superflite 102 Fabric. Aviation Products Systems Inc
- [STC SA02057SE](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA02057SE): Modification of aircraft and installation of Jacobs L-6MB engine, a Hamilton Standard 2B-20-9 propeller, a Cessna 195 engine ring mounted on a WACO ATO engine mount, and associated accessories and hardware on WACO ATO, serial number A-81. Richard Melhoff
- [STC SA2693NM](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA2693NM): Installation of Electronics International digital volt/amp gauges and accessories. Electronics International Inc
- [STC SA02033AT](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA02033AT): Modification to install an air-oil separator to prevent oil from being aspirated from the engine breather line. M-20 Oil Separators LLC
- [STC SA4005NM](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA4005NM): Precise Flight Inc. Pulselite Control System. Precise Flight Inc
- [STC SA2687NM](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA2687NM): Installation of Truboplus/ Electronics Int'l gauges and switches. Aero Manufacturing Inc
- [STC SA1626NM PAGE 2](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA1626NM%20PAGE%202): Installation of Electronics Int'l Digital EGT/CHT Instruments and accessories. (201 Series). Electronics International
- [STC SA2350NM PAGE 2](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA2350NM%20PAGE%202): Installation of Electronics International Inc digital carburetor/outside air temperature gauges. Electronics International
- [STC SA4302NM](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA4302NM): Installation of Electronics Int'l digital automatic engine analyzer. Electronics International
- [STC SA3862NM PAGE 2](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA3862NM%20PAGE%202): Installation of Electronics International Primary TIT/EGT/CHT instruments, remote switches and associated accessories. Electronics International
- [STC SA2350NM](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA2350NM) (historical): Installation of Electronics International Inc digital carburetor/outside air temperature gauges listed on the attached continuation sheet and the associated accessories. Electronics International

## Related

- Other Waco ATO aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-ato/aircraft.md

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