Stinson 108-1
N97781 is a Stinson 108-1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Melba, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 21, 1999 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 16, 1956. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Stinson
- Model
- 108-1 · all 108-1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 108-781
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Franklin 6A4150 SERIES · 150 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1946
- Cruising speed
- 84 mph
- Transponder code
- ADA130 (octal 53320460)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 21, 1999
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · July 16, 1956
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00103890
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Brinker Michael W
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 10402 Airpark Loop Rd
Melba, ID 83641-4205
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 1
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The public federal record on N97781, 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 Brinker Michael W, an individual, certificate issued September 21, 1999, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 16, 1956, 10 years after the 1946 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 108-781 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N97781 according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 2, 2026). [3]
2 NTSB records under N97781: Accident on April 5, 1990 at Boise, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 8, 1982 at Twin Falls, ID: 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
PILOT DID NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING ROLL.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Stinson 108-1 · operated under 091
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
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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