# N81TW: Piper PA-18, registration cancelled 1996-11-20

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 20, 1996
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Piper PA-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (registry code 7101802)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1A2](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1A2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 183515
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: April 29, 1993
- Last registry action: May 15, 1996
- Mode S code: AB08C1
- Owner when cancelled: [American Trans Air Training Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AMERICAN%20TRANS%20AIR%20TRAINING%20CORP)
- Location: [Indianapolis, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/Indianapolis)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7304° N, 86.2778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 46241, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81TW
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=81TW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81TW-1996-11-20

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Piper PA-18: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18.md

## NTSB investigations (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 CHI94LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA203), Jun 19, 1994: Piper PA-18 (N81TW), Terre Haute, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot-in-command's inadvertant stall of the airplane. A factor associated with the accident was the elevator trim position.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19940619015629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940619015629A), Jun 19, 1994: Piper PA18 (N81TW), Terre Haute, IN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Maintenance new engine test flight. Nosed up and stalled after takeoff. Elevator trim full nose high. Could overcome

## Other aircraft with N81TW

- [Cancelled 2017-10-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81TW-2017-10-20): Woodworth Trent 360, S/N 352-320-109-GP. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Woodworth Trent](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WOODWORTH%20TRENT), [Woodville, WI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WI/Woodville)

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