Piper PA-18-150
N3797Z is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 12, 2005 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for other, dated October 30, 2015.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-150 · all PA-18-150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-7492
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-360-A2A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A4589F (octal 51054237)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 12, 2005
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Other · October 30, 2015
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00870184
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Merriner Scott L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 10200 Honey Bear Ln
Anchorage, AK 99516-6927
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N3797Z, 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 Merriner Scott L, an individual, certificate issued April 12, 2005, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for other; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-7492 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3797Z 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]
3 NTSB records under N3797Z: Accident on September 14, 2025 at St Mary'S, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 25, 2017 at Beluga, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 14, 2009 at Anchorage, AK: 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper decision to takeoff with a tailwind, from a short off-airport strip, which degraded the climb performance of the airplane and led to impact with trees at the end of the strip.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC25LA120 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA 18 · operated under 091
The pilot’s inability to maintain pitch control due to an encounter with a tailwind gust after the airplane had stopped, which resulted in a nose-over.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA17CA569 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under 091
The pilot's decision to land and attempt to takeoff from an unsuitable off-airport site.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC10CA008 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
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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