Stearman Aircraft 4E
N663K is a Stearman Aircraft 4E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1930. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Scott William Ben, a partnership in Reno, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 29, 2015 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 26, 1971.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Stearman Aircraft
- Model
- 4E · all 4Es and related versions
- Serial number
- 4005
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W W-SC SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1930
- Cruising speed
- 118 mph
- Transponder code
- A8C03F (octal 52140077)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 29, 2015
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · January 26, 1971
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00943006
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Scott William Ben
- Type
- Partnership
- Address
- 1175 Holcomb Ranch Ln
Reno, NV 89511-5440 - Co-owners
- Scott Sandra M
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N663K, 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 Scott William Ben, a partnership, certificate issued June 29, 2015, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 26, 1971, 41 years after the 1930 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 4005 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N663K 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 N663K: Accident on May 17, 2021 at Porterville, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 31, 1990 at Burns, OR: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Stearman Aircraft 4E · operated under 091
The pilot’s loss of directional control while landing, which resulted in a landing gear collapse.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR21LA197 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Stearman 4E · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA90LA059 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
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