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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Universal Stinson 108
N9063K is an Universal Stinson 108, 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 Glennallen, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 2, 2021 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 3, 2011.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Universal Stinson
- Model
- 108 · all 108s 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
- 108-2063
- 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 · Cont Motor O 470R · 230 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1947
- Cruising speed
- 87 mph
- Transponder code
- AC8841 (octal 53104101)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 2, 2021
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 2023
- 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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 3, 2011
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00051261
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sparks James D
- 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
- PO Box 294
Glennallen, AK 99588-0294
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N9063K 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
- Continental O-470R 107 aircraft with this engine series · 230 hp
- Glennallen, AK 57 aircraft registered in this town
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Continental O-470R 30 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental O-470R 255 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N9063K, 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 Sparks James D, an individual, certificate issued July 2, 2021, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 3, 2011, 64 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 108-2063 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9063K 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 N9063K: Accident on June 26, 2016 at Big Lake, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 19, 1997 at Smithfield, NC: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Universal Stinson 108 · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power during cruise flight for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Stinson 108-1 · operated under 091
a fracture in the crankshaft, which resulted in a total loss of engine power, a forced landing, and a nose over.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 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 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data