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N3AK

Santana Barry W PA-18 REPLICA

Valid Alaska

N3AK is a Santana Barry W PA-18 REPLICA, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2011. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wasilla, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 16, 2011 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 27, 2011.

Aircraft

Maker
Santana Barry W
Model
PA-18 REPLICA
Serial number
TC0604104
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-360 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2011
Kit
TURBINE CUBS OF WYOMING PA-18
Transponder code
A31AAA (octal 50615252)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 16, 2011
Expires
May 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · October 27, 2011
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
01070462

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Santana Barry W
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 298843
Wasilla, AK 99629-8843

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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

2008-04-09Beech V35B · exported to Canada · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N3AK, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Santana Barry W, an individual, certificate issued May 16, 2011, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated October 27, 2011, consistent with the 2011 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial TC0604104 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N3AK was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech V35B (serial D-9700, cancelled April 9, 2008). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N3AK: Accident on August 8, 2012 at Ronan, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

WPR12LA348Accident on August 8, 2012 at Ronan, MT: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Santana PA-18 REPLICA · operated under 091

A jammed tailwheel assembly, which resulted in the pilot’s inability to maintain directional control upon landing.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR12LA348 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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