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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Universal Stinson 108-2
N257C is an Universal Stinson 108-2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 2, 2020 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated January 3, 1956.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Universal Stinson
- Model
- 108-2 · all 108-2s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. Many have had the fabric replaced with metal skins under an approved modification. This is how the Universal Stinson 108 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 108-3257
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Franklin 6A4165 SERIES · 165 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 90 mph
- Transponder code
- A271B1 (octal 50470661)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 2, 2020
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · January 3, 1956
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00783082
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Metcalf Susan K
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 601 W 18Th Ave
Anchorage, AK 99503-1826
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N257C links to the rest of the register
- Universal Stinson 108 134 registered
- Universal Stinson 134 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Franklin 6A4165 series 770 aircraft with this engine series · 165 hp
- Anchorage, AK 2,530 aircraft registered in this town
- Lake Hood Airport · LHD
- Merrill Field · MRI
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International · ANC
- Bold Airport · A13
- 2 more landing places in town
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
- Failure reports on the Franklin 6A4165 series 44 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Turbine, failed · 1995-08-09
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The public federal record on N257C, 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 Metcalf Susan K, an individual, certificate issued November 2, 2020, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 108-3257 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N257C according to the deregistered file. [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 N257C: Accident on July 7, 1995 at Anchorage, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Stinson 108-2 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT SWERVE, AND THE PILOT'S EXCESSIVE APPLICATION OF BRAKE PRESSURE, WHICH RESULTED IN A NOSE DOWN CONDITION.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data