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Applicability: Piper PA-18/PA-18A 150hp; Report No. 834; 19 pages. This manual is a direct copy of the original; Univair assumes no responsibility for the. Piper Aircraft PA-18 Super Cub, L-21 airplane photos and information including floatplanes and skies, many in Alaska. Jun 16, 1977 - PA-18. Owner's Handbook. Piper Aircraft Corporation, Lock Haven. HANDBOOK AND THE AIRPLANE FLIGHT MANUAL APPROVED.
Mrecht: Dug out all my Flight manual copies this morning. Here's what I come up with.
834-for PA18-150 and PA-18A-150 Date October 1, 1954 Rev April 20, 1959 This would be the one you want, although an older or newer copy with more or less revisions will work. Most are 2-3 pages of info, sometimes with 1 page cover. & some with more including equipment list and weight and balance in the same report. Report 765 is for the PA-18-135 and PA-18A-135 Report 623 is for the PA-18(commercial)and PA-19 (military) - with 125 hp motor I don't have one for the PA-18-95 or 105 yet.
I don't want to start another Tirade (sp) but a 'official' flight manual was not one of the required documents in part 91 aircraft till the mid 80's? (opinion)many early pipers had an 'owners manual' or a flight manual, as a part of the 'documents'. The optional method was the use of 'placards'. It is confusing cause many of the Modifications to the TC by STC and or FA stated 'an adendum to the Flight manual' required??
Does anyone have any FACTS to back this up?? I recently went through this with the local FSDO and they agreed!
(mind you this was argued by an IA with a good repor with his inspector (thus he signed off my FA for the use of SeaAirs 160 conversion to an A2B for installation in a PA12 and PA12s??????????????/ Tim. If it's required, it will have the little words 'FAA Aproved Flight Manual', or something similar to that. Most single engine airplanes prior to, I beleive 1978 were 'Pilot Operating Handbooks' and were NOT required to be onboard the aircraft. Most of the operating limitations were in the forms of placards, and still are in some cases. Usually the FAA Approved Flight Manual, also contains the weight and balance info for that paticular airplane too, not always, but usally. As far as I know, there was never an appproved flight manual for Super Cubs. Tim and Brian: An FAA approved Flight manual 'is' required in a Super Cub.
This is 'NOT' an Opinion. My basis is Aircraft Specifications 1A2 'required equipment' for PA-18-150 item 401q- DMCR approved flight manual approved Oct 1 1954 revised July 15 1982 for landplanes or skiplanes equipped with Lycoming 0320 engine.
Your PA 12 does not require a flight manual and this is an 'Opinion' since I have not looked it up but going by fuzzy memory. Flight manual is just a couple typed pages and hardly constitutes a flight manual, but nonetheless 'is' a flight manual. Mrecht, S2D is correct. I own a PA 18-150 (serial 8823) in the UK. My CAA approved flight manual is Report No. 834 for the PA18-150 and the PA18A-150 (my version's latest revision is October 7 1988).
1999 toyota corolla repair manual. In addition there is a UK Air Registration Board supplement dated 5th Feb 1965 which says useful stuff like the crew is one pilot minimum (!) and also has stuff about max gross for agricultural applications being 2070lbs etc. This is annotated 'To be attached to flight manual report 834' so you will need it. It's only one page. PM me if you want me to send you a copy. None of this bears any relation at all to the Univair manual.
My -18 is a 55 model and in the logbbok was the original Report 834.it's 3 pages and on the first page it calls itself airplane flight manual and also says 'this document must be kept in the airplane at all times' I just made a copy to put in the seat pocket as well! If anyone needs a copy I could post a copy of mine? I don't know if that helps though as it has the n number on it? Oh one more thing on the top it says both PA-18 '150' and PA-18A '150' so I guess it's the same flight manual for both? This is an interesting thread, since it illustrates how confusing the issue of flight manuals and Pilot operating Handbooks is, and how many different opinions there are around on the subject. The Univair document referred to earlier is a 'handbook', or Pilot Operating Handbook, depending upon what vintage and who the manufacturer was.
The Flight Manual for the airplane contains limiting information, and generally for CAR 3 aircraft it is pretty brief (as in the one or two page document referred to earlier). This is certainly true for the Cub. That document, as noted, is required to be in the aircraft, and it says so on the document. I believe that any flight manual (copy or otherwise) for the appropriate model of aircraft will suffice. I'd be surprised if any FAA ops inspector could tell the difference, in any case.
But it is required to be aboard the airplane during operation, which the handbook is not. You are also supposed to have a current equipment list (perhaps the most violated of the paperwork items), which is generally part of the weight and balance paperwork. The equipment list shows what equipment was installed by the manufacturer, and theoretically, equipment that was added or removed. A little hard to re-create for many cubs, which are about the most modified aircraft going.
The equipment list is the part of the flight manual that is specific to the serial number of the aircraft. Operating limitations may also be posted in the form of placards.
This was typically the approach for earlier aircraft, so this may be true for the 12, though I seem to recall my old 12 actually had an aircraft flight manual from Piper also. Could be wrong, though, it's been a while.
The flight manual in newer aircraft is often incorporated with the pilot operating handbook, the equipment list and the weight and balance. This (for once) is a much more logical arrangement than the old approach under CAR 3.
Joe Baugher's incredible web site covers the various military models and correlates their serial numbers with manufacturer's construction numbers. You can go there from the links on the left under 'Baugher.'
PA-18 Serial Numbers, Models and Years I tried to move this from a WORD document into an HTML page, but it got real contrary, so I just did it in and as a for you. PA-18 Manuals Some suppliers are shown in the left column, but Christian Sturm, at, has posted some that you can download free.Super Cub parts catalog ( 25mb) -Super Cub 150hp only parts catalog circa 1988 ( 5mb) -Super Cub owner's manual, weight & balance, rigging, etc.
( 4.7mb) -For PA-18-135 observer or Super Cub ( 5.5mb) He has many more prints and other helpful PDF's posted on his Links page. Has more new surplus parts for your PA-18 than you might think! Many airframe parts plus engine, wheel and brake, accessory and other items. Give them a try! Piper Super Cub History The origin on the Super Cub went something like this. According to Baugher, the USAF bought 104 “PA-11 Cub 95” aircraft for Turkey under the MDAP (Mutual Defense Assistance Program). They were Piper cn 11-1249 to 11-1353, and were designated USAF L-18B 49-2774 to 49-2878.
They had the “greenhouse” glass cockpit enclosure, a Continental C-90, and no flaps. Only one L-18B is on the U.S. Register, i.e.
11-1321, N6346. One is on the Greek register as SX-ADD, L-18B-P1, 11-1313, 49-2838. A second one, SX-ADF, appears there as “11-1298 18-37.” The PA-11 cn and USAF sn are consistent but I’m not sure of the meaning of the PA-18 cn there.
The Piper PA-19 The next step was the PA-19, which is covered in the PA-18 Aircraft Specification. Three were built, i.e. Sn 19-1 thru 19-3: - 19-1, is on the current FAA Register as a 1949 PA-18, with O-235, but indicates that registration has been revoked.
The 1963 FAA register more accurately showed it as a PA-19. 19-2, can’t find - 19-3, on current FAA Register as 1949 PA-19, with C-90. Registration is valid.
If you search the FAA Register for you come up with 16, but all have an 18- sn except N5417H, meaning that they are actually PA-18’s. Those 15 were all originally military L-18C Super Cub 95’s, and the PA-19 model was apparently applied in error when they were certificated civilian. Christian Sturm has info at on how Piper got to the PA-18 Super Cub, and you can read it there.
The PA-18, FAA Part 1, in 1A2 PA-19, Army L-18C, Approved April 1, 1949. (With C-90, three built, see notes above) PA-18, Approved November 18, 1949. Same as PA-19 except it was civilianized, i.e. Without the greenhouse.
Continental C-90-8 (No electrical) or C-90-12F (Starter, generator) These were called the PA-18 “95”. They had Cub type elevators/stabilizers and no flaps. My note: In 1950 only, the Lycoming O-235 was on optional engine (Item 100 below) on the PA-18, making it a PA-18 “105.” The '105' had flaps and balanced elevators but was apparently still just called a PA-18 with an O-235, because it isn't specifically addressed here. Don't confuse this aircraft with the 'PA-18-105 Special' below, which was special-built for a USAF order for the Civil Air Patrol, per details below. PA-18 '125', Approved September 1, 1950.
Same as PA-18 except equipped with Lycoming O-290-D engine, balanced elevators and flaps. Army L-21A is the same except for addition of military type cockpit enclosure. PA-18A, Approved September 21, 1951. Same as PA-18 '125' except fuselage was modified to accommodate a hopper door aft of rear wing fittings, removable rear seat substituted, rudder travel increased to 25° right and left and rerouted flap cables to adapt it for agricultural use. Fuselage substantiated for rear seat load of 230 lb.
PA-18 '135', Approved April 25, 1952. Same as PA-18 '125' except equipped with a Lycoming O-290-D2 engine, and two fuel tanks. Army Model L-21B is the same as model PA-18 '135' except for military type of cockpit enclosure. PA-18A '135 ', Approved April 25, 1952. Ag aircraft, see PA-18A notes, above. PA-18 '105' Special, Approved November 24, 1952. This, and the PA-18S '105' Special seaplane are the same as Models PA-18 and PA-18S respectively, equipped with the Lycoming O-235-C1 engine, except for toe brakes, no flaps, large horizontal tail surface seats with provisions for seat type parachute, cowl ventilator, revised battery installation, and other minor modifications.
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Serial numbers are 18-2214 through 18-2456.