# N78CP: Curtis Hamlin CH18

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Curtis Hamlin CH18](https://openairdocs.org/model/curtis-hamlin-ch18) (registry code 05640VB, 2 seats)
- Serial number: 001
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Certificate issued: March 7, 2022
- Expires: March 31, 2029
- Mode S code: AA8E6D
- Registered owner: [Hamlin Curtis](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HAMLIN%20CURTIS)
- Location: [North Pole, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/North%20Pole)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 64.7739° N, 147.2672° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 99705, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=78CP
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78CP

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 (Curtis Hamlin CH18)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N78CP.

## NTSB investigations on N78CP 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 UNK64X0464](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0464), Feb 5, 1964: Cessna 170B (N78CP), Hamilton, OH, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N78CP.

## 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)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N78CP

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N78CP before.

- [Cancelled 2013-08-22](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78CP-2013-08-22): Swearingen SA-226AT, S/N AT029, built 1974. Sale reported, canceled. Owner: [Bates City, MO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MO/Bates%20City)

## Related

- Other Curtis Hamlin CH18 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/curtis-hamlin-ch18/aircraft.md

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