Short Bros SD3-60 SHERPA
N148Z is a Short Bros SD3-60 SHERPA, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1998. It has 39 seats. It is registered to Usda Forest Service, a government body in Boise, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 20, 2014 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated April 5, 2018.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Short Bros
- Model
- SD3-60 SHERPA · all SD3-60 SHERPAs and related versions
- Serial number
- SH3428
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Turboprop, 2 motors · P&W Canada PT6A-65AR · 1424 hp
- Seats
- 39
- Year built
- 1998
- Transponder code
- A0C2A7 (octal 50141247)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 20, 2014
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport · April 5, 2018
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00797051
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Usda Forest Service
- Type
- Government
- Address
- 3833 S Development Ave
Boise, ID 83705-5354 - Co-owners
- Fire And Aviation
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N148Z, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Usda Forest Service, a government body, certificate issued November 20, 2014, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 5, 2018, 20 years after the 1998 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial SH3428 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N148Z was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Douglas SUPER DC-3 (serial 20422, cancelled August 17, 1979). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N148Z: Incident on October 13, 2016 at Missoula, MT: no injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Short Bros SD3 60 SHERPA · operated under PUBU
The failure of the nose landing gear down-lock piston to engage due to paint accumulation, which resulted in a nose landing gear collapse during landing. Also causal was the failure of the facility that performed the painting to comply with manufacturer guidance regarding painting of the airplane.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR17IA007 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data