Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR
N48701 is a Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR, 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 Opelousas, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 30, 2019 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 10, 1957.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Ryan Aeronautical
- Model
- ST3KR · all ST3KRs and related versions
- Serial number
- 2101
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Kinner R5 SERIES · 160 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1942
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A6050C (octal 51402414)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 30, 2019
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · August 10, 1957
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00960395
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Magnuson Lloyd W
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 610
Opelousas, LA 70571-0610
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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 N48701, 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 Magnuson Lloyd W, an individual, certificate issued April 30, 2019, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 10, 1957, 15 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 2101 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N48701 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 N48701: Accident on August 6, 2015 at Hollister, CA: fatal, 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to observe the runway environment while operating in the traffic pattern and his subsequent failure to maintain clearance from a lawnmower on the runway during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the lawnmower operator's decision to remain on the runway while troubleshooting the mowing equipment without monitoring the airport's common traffic advisory frequency.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR15LA233 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