Universal Stinson 108-2
N9308K is an Universal Stinson 108-2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in North Pole, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 15, 2025 and expires on July 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 14, 1956.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Universal Stinson
- Model
- 108-2 · all 108-2s and related versions
- Serial number
- 108-2308
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Franklin 6A4165 SERIES · 165 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 90 mph
- Transponder code
- ACE923 (octal 53164443)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 15, 2025
- Expires
- July 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- July 15, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · July 14, 1956
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00310531
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sipes Brian S
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 860 Refinery Loop
North Pole, AK 99705-7901
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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 N9308K, 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 Sipes Brian S, an individual, certificate issued July 15, 2025, expires July 31, 2032. 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 108-2308 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9308K 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 N9308K: Accident on April 25, 2025 at North Pole, AK: minor 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Stinson 108 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain obstacle clearance which resulted in an in-flight collision with a tree. Contributing to the accident was his impairment from the effects of alcohol consumption.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC25LA036 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