Piper PA-18-150
N3897Z 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 Wasilla, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 14, 2025 and expires on January 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated February 19, 1962.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-18-150 · all PA-18-150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 18-7788
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 97 mph
- Transponder code
- A4801E (octal 51100036)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 14, 2025
- Expires
- January 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- January 14, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · February 19, 1962
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00030544
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ward Joseph Delon
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1050 S Vicki Way
Wasilla, AK 99654-7568
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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 N3897Z, 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 Ward Joseph Delon, an individual, certificate issued January 14, 2025, expires January 31, 2032. 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 18-7788 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3897Z 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 N3897Z: Accident on June 13, 2015 at Mccarthy, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 12, 2013 at Mccarthy, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 27, 1990 at Kotes Lakes, 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 excessive use of wheel brakes during landing, resulting in a nose over.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC15CA039 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under 091
The pilot's loss of directional control during takeoff.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC13CA078 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S ENCOUNTER WITH TURBULENCE WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC90LA185 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