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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 13, 2026Universal Stinson 108-3
N6905M is an Universal Stinson 108-3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Angola, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 27, 2024 and expires on August 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 11, 1956.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Universal Stinson
- Model
- 108-3 · all 108-3s 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. Many have had the fabric replaced with metal skins under an approved modification. This is how the Universal Stinson 108 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
- 108-4905
- 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 6A4165 SERIES · 165 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 94 mph
- Transponder code
- A92DC9 (octal 52226711)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 27, 2024
- Expires
- August 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- August 28, 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 · May 11, 1956
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00270267
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Marquardt John Wayne
- 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
- 120 Lane 102 Crooked Lk
Angola, IN 46703-9150
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N6905M links to the rest of the register
- Universal Stinson 108 134 registered
- Universal Stinson 134 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 6A4165 series 768 aircraft with this engine series · 165 hp
- Angola, IN 28 aircraft registered in this town
- Tri-State Steuben County · ANQ
- Crooked Lake Seaplane Base · I58
- Lake James Seaplane Base · 01E
- Lake Pleasant Seaplane Base · C67
- Indiana 5,705 aircraft registered
- Failure reports on the Franklin 6A4165 series 44 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N6905M, 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 Marquardt John Wayne, an individual, certificate issued August 27, 2024, expires August 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 108-4905 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N6905M 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 N6905M: Accident on May 6, 2000 at Socorro, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Stinson 108-3 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the aborted takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent groundloop.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data