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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Interstate S-1B1
N48027 is an Interstate S-1B1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1942. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 14, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated September 9, 1955.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Interstate
- Model
- S-1B1 · all S-1B1s 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. This is how the Interstate S-1 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
- 11
- 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 4ACG199H3 · 113 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1942
- Cruising speed
- 87 mph
- Transponder code
- A5EB57 (octal 51365527)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 14, 2024
- Expires
- January 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- January 14, 2024
- 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 · September 9, 1955
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00690155
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bodine Douglas
- 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
- 7203 Forxridge Cir # 2
Anchorage, AK 99518
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N48027 links to the rest of the register
- Interstate S-1 104 registered
- Interstate 107 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 4ACG199H3 6 aircraft with this engine series · 113 hp
- Anchorage, AK 2,527 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
- Approved modifications for the Interstate S-1 53 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N48027, 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 Bodine Douglas, an individual, certificate issued January 14, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 9, 1955, 13 years after the 1942 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 11 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N48027 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]
2 NTSB records under N48027: Accident on March 29, 2002 at Big Lake, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 4, 1999 at Anchorage, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Interstate S-1B1 · operated under 091
The separation of the exhaust system stack from the heat exchanger. A factor associated with the accident was an engine compartment fire.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Interstate S-1B1 · operated under 091
Fuel starvation resulting from the pilot not understanding the fuel system procedures, and selecting the improper fuel selector position.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data