Single-engine piston

N18AW

1954 Homebuilt Yakolev Yak 11

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1954
Serial
25-III-20
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
P & W R-1830-94M2
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Gamble Enterprises LLC (LLC)
Based
Elaine, AR
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Registration record

N18AW on the FAA register

Type
1954 Homebuilt Yakolev Yak 11
Serial
25-III-20
Engines
P & W R-1830-94M2
Registered owner
Gamble Enterprises LLC
Elaine, AR
Certificate issued
2024-05-30
Airworthiness date
2022-11-21
Registration expires
2031-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · air racing
Mode S (hex)
A13E68
Mode S (octal)
50237150
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-05-30
    Certificate of registration issued as N18AW to the current registrant.
  • 2022-11-21
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (air racing)).
  • 1954
    Manufactured (1954).
Overview

About N18AW

N18AW is a 1954 Homebuilt Yakolev Yak 11, serial number 25-III-20. The FAA register lists Gamble Enterprises LLC as the registrant in Elaine, Arkansas. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 30, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one P & W R-1830-94M2 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (air racing), dated November 21, 2022.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N18AW. 3 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2001-02-27 Accident · Ione, CA Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · LAX01LA106
Reported aircraft: Ascher Yakolev YAK 11 — a different aircraft that carried the N18AW registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the takeoff run. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience in the type aircraft.
1985-02-12 Accident · Cartersville, GA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · ATL85FA097
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft H18 — a different aircraft that carried the N18AW registration before this airframe.
1983-08-08 Accident · Elgin Afb, FL Damage: Substantial NTSB · MIA83LA198
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft H-18 — a different aircraft that carried the N18AW registration before this airframe.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.