Stinson 108-1
N8495K is a Stinson 108-1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Chancellor, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 25, 2010 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 23, 1978.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Stinson
- Model
- 108-1 · all 108-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 108-1495
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-435 · 175 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1947
- Cruising speed
- 84 mph
- Transponder code
- ABA459 (octal 52722131)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 25, 2010
- Expires
- September 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 17, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · May 23, 1978
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00292871
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Weis Allen R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 27705 460Th Ave
Chancellor, SD 57015-5763
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 N8495K, 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 Weis Allen R, an individual, certificate issued June 25, 2010, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 23, 1978, 31 years after the 1947 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 108-1495 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8495K 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 N8495K: Accident on September 19, 2005 at Tea, SD: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 13, 1992 at Sussex, NJ: 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: Stinson 108-1 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout which resulted in the encountered ground loop.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI06CA018 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Stinson ST-75 · operated under 091
THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING ROLL, AND INADVERTENTLY SWERVED AND GROUND LOOPED INTO TWO PARKED AIRPLANES. A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPEREINCE IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL AIRPLANE.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC92LA158 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
