Stinson 108-3
N2243M is a Stinson 108-3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anaheim, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 10, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 31, 1995.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Stinson
- Model
- 108-3 · all 108-3s and related versions
- Serial number
- 108-4127
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-435 · 175 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 94 mph
- Transponder code
- A1F2AA (octal 50371252)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 10, 2019
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 11, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · August 31, 1995
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00042788
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hesse Stephen R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 216 N Redrock St
Anaheim, CA 92807-2807
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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 3
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N2243M, 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 Hesse Stephen R, an individual, certificate issued June 10, 2019, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 108-4127 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N2243M was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Jennings Richard G EIPPER QUICKSILVER (serial 5152, cancelled May 25, 1990); Piper PA-28-161 (serial 287816260, cancelled December 19, 1988); Piper J3C-65 (serial 21036, cancelled October 6, 1970). 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 N2243M: Accident on May 13, 2002 at Tuscaloosa, AL: no injuries, substantial 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: Stinson 108-3 · operated under 091
The pilots loss of directional control during landing roll, and subsequent inadvertent ground loop.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data