Single-engine piston

N18YS

1956 Homebuilt YK-18

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1956
Serial
1432025
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Kent, WA
Registration record

N18YS on the FAA register

Type
1956 Homebuilt YK-18
Serial
1432025
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Kent, WA
Certificate issued
2013-08-02
Airworthiness date
2006-08-24
Registration expires
2029-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A1408A
Mode S (octal)
50240212
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2013-08-02
    Certificate of registration issued as N18YS.
  • 2006-08-24
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1956
    Manufactured (1956).
Overview

About N18YS

N18YS is a 1956 Homebuilt YK-18, serial number 1432025. It is registered to an individual in Kent, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 2, 2013 and expires on August 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated August 24, 2006.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N18YS.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N18YS.

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.