Stinson 108-2
N959D is a Stinson 108-2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1949. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Brownsville, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 25, 2020 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated January 3, 1973.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Stinson
- Model
- 108-2 · all 108-2s and related versions
- Serial number
- 108-2959
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Franklin 6A4165 SERIES · 165 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1949
- Cruising speed
- 90 mph
- Transponder code
- AD5661 (octal 53253141)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 25, 2020
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · January 3, 1973
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00764410
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Krabill Arlen D
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1121 Pine St
Brownsville, OR 97327-2140
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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 N959D, 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 Krabill Arlen D, an individual, certificate issued August 25, 2020, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 3, 1973, 24 years after the 1949 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 108-2959 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N959D 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 N959D: Accident on April 20, 2002 at Helena, MT: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Stinson 108-2 · operated under 091
Fracture of the left main wheel assembly during the takeoff roll. Factors include the use of a wheel assembly not approved for the accident airplane, and the use of an oversized tire.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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